Human capital management provider Alight (NYSE: ALIT) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday morning. Here’s what investors should know.
Alight beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $548 million, down 2% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS guidance for next quarter estimates and full-year revenue guidance meeting analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Alight’s revenue to decline 2.4% year on year to $525 million, improving from the 4.1% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.10 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Alight has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Alight’s peers in the professional staffing & hr solutions segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. ManpowerGroup posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.6%, and Robert Half reported a revenue decline of 7%, topping estimates by 1.1%. ManpowerGroup’s stock price was unchanged after the resultswhile Robert Half was down 6.1%.
Read our full analysis of ManpowerGroup’s results here and Robert Half’s results here.
Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the professional staffing & hr solutions stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.4% on average over the last month. Alight is down 14% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $9.57 (compared to the current share price of $5.10).
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