Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill (NYSE: SDRL) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.
Seadrill beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $449 million, up 19.1% year on year. It was an incredible quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Seadrill’s revenue to grow 5.6% year on year, improving from the 2.5% 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 will stay the course heading into earnings. Seadrill has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Seadrill’s peers in the upstream & integrated segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Weatherford’s revenues decreased 7.2% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 0.8%, and Expand Energy reported revenues up 11.6%, topping estimates by 54.4%. Weatherford traded up 7.8% following the results while Expand Energy was down 3.2%.
Read our full analysis of Weatherford’s results here and Expand Energy’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the upstream & integrated segment, with share prices up 4.4% on average over the last month. Seadrill is up 14.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $54 (compared to the current share price of $52.55).
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