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February 07 2012 Tweet Email This

Diodes, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIOD) will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. The average estimate of analysts is for net income of 8 cents per share, a decline of 85.5% from the company’s actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago. During the past three months, the average estimate has moved down from 30 cents. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate moved down. It has been unchanged at 8 cents during the last month. For the year, analysts are projecting profit of $1.24 per share, a decline of 31.1% from last year.

Last quarter, the company fell short of estimates by 0 cents, coming in at net income of 26 cents per share against a mean estimate of profit of 34 cents. The company fell in line with expectations in the second quarter. On average, analysts predict $147.1 million in revenue this quarter, a decline of 10.2% from the year ago quarter. Analysts are forecasting total revenue of $639.4 million for the year, a rise of 4.3% from last year’s revenue of $612.9 million.

Competitors to Watch: ON Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:ONNN), Fairchild Semicond. Intl. (NYSE:FCS), Alpha and Omega Semicond. Ltd (NASDAQ:AOSL), Microsemi Corporation (NASDAQ:MSCC), Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH), IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS), Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE:TXN), Intl. Rectifier Corp. (NYSE:IRF), Infineon Tech. AG (IFNNY), and National Semicond. Corp. (NYSE:NSM).

Visa, Inc. (NYSE:V) will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. The average estimate of analysts is for net income of $1.46 per share, a rise of 18.7% 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 $1.45. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate was unchanged. It has risen during the last month. For the year, analysts are projecting profit of $5.88 per share, a rise of 17.8% from last year.

The company has beaten estimates the last four quarters and is coming off a quarter where it topped forecasts by 3 cents, reporting net income of $1.27 per share against a mean estimate of profit of $1.24 per share. On average, analysts predict $2.47 billion in revenue this quarter, a rise of 10.3% from the year ago quarter. Analysts are forecasting total revenue of $10.07 billion for the year, a rise of 9.6% from last year’s revenue of $9.19 billion.

Competitors to Watch: MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE:MA), Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS), American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS), Green Dot Corporation (NYSE:GDOT), NetSpend Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:NTSP), CompuCredit Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:CCRT), Alliance Data Systems Corp. (NYSE:ADS), Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) and MoneyGram Intl., Inc. (NYSE:MGI).