Benzinga | Jan 28, 2022 10:23AM EST

Earnings Outlook For PotlatchDeltic

PotlatchDeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Monday, 2022-01-31. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that PotlatchDeltic will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.62.

PotlatchDeltic bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company missed EPS by $0.00, which was followed by a 4.58% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at PotlatchDeltic's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020EPS Estimate 0.92 2.52 1.76 1.40EPS Actual 0.92 2.77 1.94 1.48Price Change % -4.58% 1.65% -0.15% -2.0%

Stock Performance

Shares of PotlatchDeltic were trading at $51.64 as of January 27. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 4.26%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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