Luxury cruise operator Viking (NYSE: VIK) will be reporting results this Wednesday before market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
Viking beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.05 billion, up 17.5% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates but EPS in line with analysts’ estimates.
Is Viking a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members.
This quarter, the market is expecting Viking’s revenue to grow 14.1% year on year, slowing from the 18.5% 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. Viking rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.
Looking at Viking’s peers in the consumer discretionary - travel and vacation providers segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Target Hospitality delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 38.7%, beating analysts’ expectations by 7.8%, and Delta reported revenues up 18.7%, topping estimates by 3.9%. Target Hospitality’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Delta was down 3.2%.
Read our full analysis of Target Hospitality’s results here and Delta’s results here.
Investors in the consumer discretionary - travel and vacation providers segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Viking is up 3.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $109.15 (compared to the current share price of $100.45).
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