Tyco International First Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek

S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) component Tyco International (NYSE:TYC) will unveil its latest earnings tomorrow, Tuesday, January 29, 2013. Tyco International provides security products and services, fire protection and detection products and services, valves and controls and other industrial products.

Tyco International Earnings Preview Cheat Sheet

Wall St. Earnings Expectations: The average analyst estimate is for profit of 39 cents per share, a decline of 53.6% from the company’s actual earnings for the year-ago quarter. During the past three months, the average estimate has moved down from 42 cents. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate moved down. It has been unchanged at 39 cents during the last month. For the year, analysts are projecting net income of $1.83 per share, a rise of 35.6% from last year.

Past Earnings Performance: Last quarter, the company missed estimates by 3 cents, coming in at profit of 33 cents per share versus a mean estimate of net income of 36 cents per share. In the third quarter of the last fiscal year, the company beat estimates by 8 cents.

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A Look Back: In the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year, the company swung to a loss of $430 million (90 cents a share) from a profit of $400 million (85 cents) a year earlier, missing analyst expectations. Revenue fell 44.2% from $4.69 billion.

Here’s how Tyco International traded following its last earnings report 3 months ago and leading up to its upcoming earnings report this week: