Frontdoor (FTDR) Q4 Earnings: What To Expect

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Published Feb 27, 2024 02:02AM ET

Updated Feb 27, 2024 09:32AM ET

Frontdoor (FTDR) Q4 Earnings: What To Expect

Home warranty company Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow before the bell. Here's what to expect.

Last quarter Frontdoor reported revenues of $524 million, up 8.3% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 2.1%. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts' earnings estimates.

Is Frontdoor buy or sell heading into the earnings? Find out by reading the original article on StockStory.

This quarter analysts are expecting Frontdoor's revenue to grow 5.9% year on year to $359 million, improving on the 0.3% year-over-year decline in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.04 per share.

Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company has a history of exceeding Wall St's expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years on average by 1.6%.

Looking at Frontdoor's peers in the specialized consumer services segment, some of them have already reported Q4 earnings results, giving us a hint what we can expect. Service International (NYSE:SCI) delivered top-line growth of 2.7% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 3.2% and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) reported revenue decline of 8.5% year on year, missing analyst estimates by 1.6%. Service International traded flat on the results, Pool was down 5%.

Read the full analysis of Service International's and Pool's results on StockStory.

Stocks have been under pressure as inflation (despite slowing) makes their long-dated profits less valuable, and while some of the specialized consumer services stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share price declining 4.7% over the last month. Frontdoor is down 2.2% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $41.6, compared to share price of $32.8.