Analyst’s Keeping an Eye on: Equity One, Inc. (NYSE:EQY)

The shares of Equity One, Inc. (NYSE:EQY) currently has mean rating of 2.79 while 2 analysts have recommended the shares as “BUY”, 2 recommended as “OUTPERFORM” and 7 recommended as “HOLD”. The rating score is on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 stands for strong buy and 5 stands for sell.

The company’s mean estimate for sales for the current quarter ending June-16 is 93.46 million by 6 analysts. The means estimate of sales for the year ending Dec-16 is 375.66 million by 8 analysts.

The mean price target for the shares of Equity One, Inc. (NYSE:EQY) is at 229.18 while the highest price target suggested by the analysts is 33.00 and low price target is 26.00. The mean price target is calculated keeping in view the consensus of 11 brokerage firms.

The average estimate of EPS for the current fiscal quarter for Equity One, Inc. (NYSE:EQY) stands at 0.34 while the EPS for the current year is fixed at 1.36 by 12 analysts.

The next one year’s EPS estimate is set at 1.48 by 12 analysts while a year ago the analysts suggested the company’s EPS at 1.36. The analysts also projected the company’s long-term growth at 5.60% for the upcoming five years.

In its latest quarter ended on 31^st March/30^th December 2016, Equity One, Inc. (NYSE:EQY) reported earnings of $0.36. The posted earnings topped the analyst’s consensus by $0.03 with the surprise factor of 9.10%. In the matter of earnings surprises, the term “Cockroach Effect” is often implied. Cockroach Effect is a market theory that suggests that when a company reveals bad news to the public, there may be many more related negative events that have yet to be revealed. In the case of earnings surprises, if a company is suggesting a negative earnings surprise it means there are more to come.

On June 10, 2016 Equity One, Inc. (NYSE:EQY) announced that it will release its 2016 second quarter earnings on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 after the market close. On Thursday, July 28, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Equity One’s senior officers will conduct a conference call to review the 2016 second quarter earnings.

Stockholders, analysts and other interested parties can access the earnings call by dialing (888) 317-6003 (U.S.), (866) 284-3684 (Canada) or (412) 317-6061 (international) using pass code 5093549. The call will also be webcast and can be accessed in a listen-only mode on Equity One’s web site at www.equityone.com.

If you are unable to participate during the live call, a replay will be available on Equity One’s website for future review. You may also access the telephone replay by dialing (877) 344-7529 (U.S.), (855) 669-9658 (Canada) or (412) 317-0088 (international) using pass code 10085666 through August 11, 2016.