Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX) will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, February 23, 2012. The average analyst estimate is for profit of 4 cents per share, a decline of 20% from the company’s actual earnings for the year-ago quarter. The average estimate is the same as three months ago. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate was unchanged. It also has not changed during the last month. Analysts are projecting profit to rise by 61.8% versus last year to $1.23.

Last quarter, the company beat estimates by one cent, coming in at net income of 33 cents a share versus the estimate of profit of 32 cents a share. It marked the fourth straight quarter of beating estimates. On average, analysts predict $205.3 million in revenue this quarter, a rise of 14.6% from the year-ago quarter. Analysts are forecasting total revenue of $1 billion for the year, a rise of 26.6% from last year’s revenue of $789.7 million.

Competitors to Watch: Deckers Outdoor Corp. (NASDAQ:DECK), NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE), Skechers USA, Inc. (NYSE:SKX), The Timberland Company (NYSE:TBL), Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE:WWW), Steven Madden, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHOO), LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. (NASDAQ:BOOT), Brown Shoe Company, Inc. (NYSE:BWS), and Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. (AMEX:PXG).

Deckers Outdoor Corp (NASDAQ:DECK) will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, February 23, 2012. The average estimate of analysts is for profit of $3.12 per share, a rise of 37.4% from the company’s actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago. During the past three months, the average estimate has moved up from $3.10. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate moved up. It has been unchanged at $3.12 during the last month. For the year, analysts are projecting net income of $5.03 per share, a rise of 24.8% from last year.

Last quarter, the company beat estimates by 25 cents, coming in at profit of $1.59 a share versus the estimate of net income of $1.34 a share. It marked the fourth straight quarter of beating estimates. Analysts are projecting a rise of 31.3% in revenue from the year-earlier quarter to $564.6 million.

Competitors to Watch: Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX), NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE), The Timberland Company (NYSE:TBL), Skechers USA, Inc. (NYSE:SKX), Steven Madden, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SHOO), LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. (NASDAQ:BOOT), Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE:WWW), and Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. (AMEX:PXG).

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