Can Sprint Continue Earnings Growth in Q2 2018?

Sprint (S) is expected to publish its results for the second quarter of fiscal 2018[1. The quarter ended in September.] on October 24. In this series, we’ll look at expectations for its quarterly performance. Wall Street analysts expect Sprint’s EPS to be -$0.01, which is unchanged from Q2 2017.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2018, Sprint reported EPS of $0.04. Analysts had expected $0.01. In the first quarter of fiscal 2017, its EPS was $0.05.

By comparison, T-Mobile’s (TMUS) EPS is expected to increase ~34.9% YoY (year-over-year) to $0.85 in the quarter ended September 30. Verizon’s (VZ) adjusted EPS is expected to increase ~21.4% YoY to $1.19, and AT&T’s (T) is expected to increase ~27% YoY to $0.94.

In the next part, we’ll see how much total revenue growth we can expect from Sprint in the second quarter of fiscal 2018.