On Assignment Earnings: Here’s Why the Stock is Falling Now

On Assignment Inc. (NASDAQ:ASGN) delivered a profit and beat Wall Street’s expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation. The revenue beat is a positive sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company. Shares are down 5.72%.

On Assignment Inc. Earnings Cheat Sheet

Results: Adjusted Earnings Per Share increased to $0.31 in the quarter versus EPS of $0.20 in the year-earlier quarter.

Revenue: Rose 148.26% to $401.66 million from the year-earlier quarter.

Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: On Assignment Inc. reported adjusted EPS income of $0.31 per share. By that measure, the company beat the mean analyst estimate of $0.28. It beat the average revenue estimate of $387.04 million.

Quoting Management: Peter Dameris, President and Chief Executive Officer of On Assignment, Inc., said, “During the fourth quarter, we achieved many milestones that we believe position us well for a strong performance in 2013. These achievements include exceeding the high-end of our Q4 estimates and reporting sequential growth despite approximately one and a half fewer billable days and the effects on our business of Hurricane Sandy. We also continued to pay down our debt and reduce our leverage ratio.”

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