Immersion Corporation
IMMR
is scheduled to release fourth-quarter 2020 results on Mar 4.
The company projects fourth-quarter revenues to lie between $10.5 million and $11 million, reflecting a year-over-year decline of 4.5-8.7%.
The company anticipates non-GAAP earnings in the band of 27-29 cents per share. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings is pegged at 28 cents, indicating a year-over-year surge of 180%.
Notably, the company’s earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters and missed in the other, the average surprise being 27.8%.
Immersion Corporation Price and Consensus
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Immersion Corporation Quote
In the last reported quarter, Immersion delivered non-GAAP earnings of 15 cents per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 25%. Moreover, the reported figure marked solid improvement from the year-ago quarter’s earnings of a penny.
However, net revenues of $7.6 million slid 28.3% on a year-over-year basis.
Let’s see how things have shaped up prior to the announcement.
Factors to Consider
Immersion’s top line is likely to have been negatively impacted by weak demand across its multiple end markets, including automotive due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the third quarter, revenues from the automotive segment plunged 42.8% year on year to $911.5 million.
Nonetheless, the company’s efficient cost management is expected to have boosted the bottom line during the period in discussion. Over the past 12 months, Immersion has significantly reduced its non-GAAP operating expenses from $9.1 million in fourth-quarter 2019 to $3.7 million projected for the fourth quarter of 2020.
What Our Model Says
Our proven model does not predict an earnings beat for Immersion this time around. The combination of a positive
Earnings ESP
, and Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold), increases the chances of an earnings beat. But that’s not the case here. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell, before they’re reported, with our
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Immersion currently carries a Zacks Rank of 3 (Hold) and has an Earnings ESP of 0.00%.
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