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ADTRAN (ADTN) to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in the Offing?
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ADTRAN, Inc. (ADTN - Free Report) is scheduled to report second-quarter 2019 financial results on Jul 17, after the closing bell. In the last reported quarter, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 300%.
The networking equipment maker is likely to report higher year-over-year revenues on the back of diversification across geographies and markets. Whether this can result into an earnings beat remains to be seen.
Let’s find out how things are shaping up prior to the announcement.
Factors at Play
ADTRAN is well positioned to drive its business supported by material contributions across the LATAM, EMEA, North America, and Pacific Rim regions. The company’s broad portfolio of next-generation solutions continues to gain market traction with a growing number of customers in an expanding range of market segments.
During the second quarter, ADTRAN inked an agreement with ATC Communications — a family-owned rural local exchange carrier in Central Nebraska — to offer its SmartRG network management solution to improve the broadband connectivity of the latter. This end-to-end device management and analytics tools solution is expected to improve subscriber experience and resolution time, thereby strengthening ADTRAN’s position as a leading provider of open networking solutions.
Furthermore, the company should experience incremental benefit from its deal with Zzoomm — a fiber network operator. In March 2019, ADTRAN was chosen by Zzoomm as its technology partner to build a 10G fiber to the home network that serves suburbs and towns across the United Kingdom. Zzoomm announced plans to begin construction of a full fiber network that would connect one million properties over the next five years. The operator leveraged the ADTRAN 10G fiber access platform with XGS-PON to support an economical, symmetric 10Gbps service delivery solution at competitive broadband price points.
ADTRAN’s deal underscores that the market is choosing 10G PON technology over the previous fiber-to-the-premises solutions deployed over the past decades. The company is optimizing its customer, geographic and product diversity momentum as service providers aim to boost speed and scale network capabilities. It expects short-term headwinds to gradually recede with increased customer engagements across its comprehensive portfolio of software-defined access, 10G solutions and G.fast products.
ADTRAN expects revenues in the second quarter between $154 million and $158 million. After taking into account the potential effect of currency exchange rates and anticipated mix, it expects non-GAAP gross margin in the low 40s. It anticipates consolidated tax rate on a non-GAAP basis in the high 20s to 30% due to increased income and restructuring charges in its European operations.
For the second quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for sales stands at $156 million. ADTRAN reported $128 million of sales in the year-earlier quarter. Adjusted earnings per share are pegged at 6 cents. The company reported adjusted loss of 10 cents a year ago.
What Our Model Says
Our proven model does not conclusively show that ADTRAN is likely to beat earnings this quarter as it does not possess one of the two key components. A stock needs to have both a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) for this to happen. This is not the case here as you’ll see below:
Earnings ESP: ADTRAN’s Earnings ESP, which represents the difference between the Most Accurate Estimate and the Zacks Consensus Estimate, is 0.00% as both are pegged at 6 cents. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Zacks Rank: ADTRAN currently carries a Zacks Rank #2, which increases the predictive power of ESP. However, the company’s 0.00% Earnings ESP makes surprise prediction difficult.
Note that we caution against stocks with a Zacks Rank #4 or 5 (Sell-rated) going into the earnings announcement, especially when the company is seeing a negative estimate revisions momentum.
Stocks to Consider
Here are some companies that you may want to consider, as our model shows that these have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat this quarter:
U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM - Free Report) with an Earnings ESP of +15.66% and a Zacks Rank #1.
Nikon Corp. (NINOY - Free Report) with an Earnings ESP of +16.67% and a Zacks Rank #1.
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ADTRAN (ADTN) to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in the Offing?
ADTRAN, Inc. (ADTN - Free Report) is scheduled to report second-quarter 2019 financial results on Jul 17, after the closing bell. In the last reported quarter, the company delivered a positive earnings surprise of 300%.
The networking equipment maker is likely to report higher year-over-year revenues on the back of diversification across geographies and markets. Whether this can result into an earnings beat remains to be seen.
Let’s find out how things are shaping up prior to the announcement.
Factors at Play
ADTRAN is well positioned to drive its business supported by material contributions across the LATAM, EMEA, North America, and Pacific Rim regions. The company’s broad portfolio of next-generation solutions continues to gain market traction with a growing number of customers in an expanding range of market segments.
During the second quarter, ADTRAN inked an agreement with ATC Communications — a family-owned rural local exchange carrier in Central Nebraska — to offer its SmartRG network management solution to improve the broadband connectivity of the latter. This end-to-end device management and analytics tools solution is expected to improve subscriber experience and resolution time, thereby strengthening ADTRAN’s position as a leading provider of open networking solutions.
Furthermore, the company should experience incremental benefit from its deal with Zzoomm — a fiber network operator. In March 2019, ADTRAN was chosen by Zzoomm as its technology partner to build a 10G fiber to the home network that serves suburbs and towns across the United Kingdom. Zzoomm announced plans to begin construction of a full fiber network that would connect one million properties over the next five years. The operator leveraged the ADTRAN 10G fiber access platform with XGS-PON to support an economical, symmetric 10Gbps service delivery solution at competitive broadband price points.
ADTRAN’s deal underscores that the market is choosing 10G PON technology over the previous fiber-to-the-premises solutions deployed over the past decades. The company is optimizing its customer, geographic and product diversity momentum as service providers aim to boost speed and scale network capabilities. It expects short-term headwinds to gradually recede with increased customer engagements across its comprehensive portfolio of software-defined access, 10G solutions and G.fast products.
ADTRAN expects revenues in the second quarter between $154 million and $158 million. After taking into account the potential effect of currency exchange rates and anticipated mix, it expects non-GAAP gross margin in the low 40s. It anticipates consolidated tax rate on a non-GAAP basis in the high 20s to 30% due to increased income and restructuring charges in its European operations.
For the second quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for sales stands at $156 million. ADTRAN reported $128 million of sales in the year-earlier quarter. Adjusted earnings per share are pegged at 6 cents. The company reported adjusted loss of 10 cents a year ago.
What Our Model Says
Our proven model does not conclusively show that ADTRAN is likely to beat earnings this quarter as it does not possess one of the two key components. A stock needs to have both a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) for this to happen. This is not the case here as you’ll see below:
Earnings ESP: ADTRAN’s Earnings ESP, which represents the difference between the Most Accurate Estimate and the Zacks Consensus Estimate, is 0.00% as both are pegged at 6 cents. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
ADTRAN, Inc. Price and EPS Surprise
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Zacks Rank: ADTRAN currently carries a Zacks Rank #2, which increases the predictive power of ESP. However, the company’s 0.00% Earnings ESP makes surprise prediction difficult.
Note that we caution against stocks with a Zacks Rank #4 or 5 (Sell-rated) going into the earnings announcement, especially when the company is seeing a negative estimate revisions momentum.
Stocks to Consider
Here are some companies that you may want to consider, as our model shows that these have the right combination of elements to post an earnings beat this quarter:
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS - Free Report) with an Earnings ESP of +9.68% and a Zacks Rank #1. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM - Free Report) with an Earnings ESP of +15.66% and a Zacks Rank #1.
Nikon Corp. (NINOY - Free Report) with an Earnings ESP of +16.67% and a Zacks Rank #1.
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Zacks EVP Kevin Matras believes this familiar stock has only just begun its climb to become one of the greatest investments of all time. It’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in pure genius.
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