Hyatt Hotels Earnings Preview

On Tuesday, August 03, Hyatt Hotels H will release its latest earnings report. Check out Benzinga's preview to understand the implications.

What Are Earnings, Net Income, And Earnings Per Share?

Earnings and especially earnings per share (EPS) are useful measures of a company's profitability. Total earnings, which is also referred to as net income, equals total revenue minus total expenses. EPS equals to net income divided by the number of shares outstanding.

Earnings And Revenue

Wall Street expects an EPS loss of $0.93 and sales around $677.67 million. Hyatt Hotels reported a per-share loss of $1.8 when it published results during the same quarter last year. Sales in that period totaled $250.00 million.

Why Analyst Estimates And Earnings Surprises Are Important

Wall Street analysts who study this company will publish analyst estimates of revenue and EPS. The averages of all analyst EPS and revenue estimates are called the "consensus estimates"; these consensus estimates can have a significant effect on a company's performance during an earnings release. When a company posts earnings or revenue above or below a consensus estimate, it has posted an "earnings surprise", which can really move a stock depending on the difference between actual and estimated values.

The analyst consensus estimate would represent a 48.33% increase in the company's earnings. Sales would be have grown 171.07% from the same quarter last year. Here is how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

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Stock Performance

Shares of Hyatt Hotels were trading at $79.87 as of July 30. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 64.62%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders should be content going into this earnings release.

Do not be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Hyatt Hotels is scheduled to hold the call at 10:00:00 ET and can be accessed here.