GE HealthCare (GEHC) reports earnings tomorrow: what to expect

Healthcare technology company GE HealthCare Technologies (NASDAQ:GEHC) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday before the bell. Here’s what to look for.

GE HealthCare beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $5.30 billion, up 5.8% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting GE HealthCare’s revenue to grow 4.1% year on year, slowing from the 5.8% 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. GE HealthCare has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

Looking at GE HealthCare’s peers in the healthcare equipment and supplies segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Intuitive Surgical delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 21.7%, beating analysts’ expectations by 5.3%, and Neogen reported revenues up 6.5%, topping estimates by 7%. Intuitive Surgical traded down 2.3% following the results while Neogen was also down 2.3%.

Read our full analysis of Intuitive Surgical’s results here and Neogen’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the healthcare equipment and supplies segment, with share prices up 3.1% on average over the last month. GE HealthCare is up 7.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $82.70 (compared to the current share price of $71.83).

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