KEYW Holding Goes Negative

Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool
Updated

KEYW Holding (NAS: KEYW) reported earnings on July 31. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
 For the quarter ended June 30 (Q2), KEYW Holding missed estimates on revenues and missed expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue increased significantly. GAAP earnings per share dropped to a loss.


Margins contracted across the board.

Revenue details
 KEYW Holding logged revenue of $78.3 million. The six analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ wanted to see net sales of $80.1 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 39% higher than the prior-year quarter's $56.2 million.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.

EPS details
 EPS came in at -$0.06. The five earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ predicted -$0.04 per share. GAAP EPS were -$0.06 for Q2 against $0.01 per share for the prior-year quarter.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.

Margin details
 For the quarter, gross margin was 32.7%, 100 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was -3.8%, 550 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was -3.0%, 360 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. (Margins calculated in GAAP terms.)

Looking ahead
 Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $86.7 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.01.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $338.2 million. The average EPS estimate is -$0.04.

Investor sentiment
 The stock has a two-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 29 members out of 32 rating the stock outperform, and three members rating it underperform. Among six CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), five give KEYW Holding a green thumbs-up, and one give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on KEYW Holding is buy, with an average price target of $18.17.

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