Discount retail company Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (NASDAQ: OLLI) will be reporting results this Thursday before market open. Here’s what to look for.

Ollie's met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $613.6 million, up 18.6% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a narrow beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates but revenue in line with analysts’ estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting Ollie’s revenue to grow 17.4% year on year, improving from the 2.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Ollie's has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

Looking at Ollie’s peers in the discount retailer segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Ross Stores delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 12.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.2%, and Burlington reported revenues up 11.3%, topping estimates by 1.6%. Ross Stores traded up 8% following the results while Burlington was also up 1.6%.

Read our full analysis of Ross Stores’s results here and Burlington’s results here.

Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the discount retailer stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 9.3% on average over the last month. Ollie's is down 5.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $141.40 (compared to the current share price of $106.64).

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