Engineering and automation solutions company Emerson (NYSE: EMR) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday after market hours. Here’s what to look for.

Emerson Electric missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.9% last quarter, reporting revenues of $4.86 billion, up 5.1% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and EPS guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations significantly.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Emerson Electric’s revenue to grow 4.1% year on year to $4.35 billion, improving from the 1.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.41 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Emerson Electric has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at Emerson Electric’s peers in the electrical equipment segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. LSI posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.9%, and Viavi Solutions reported revenues up 36.4%, topping estimates by 1.1%. LSI traded up 8.6% following the results while Viavi Solutions was also up 17.5%.

Read our full analysis of LSI’s results here and Viavi Solutions’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the electrical equipment segment, with share prices up 5.1% on average over the last month. Emerson Electric is up 3.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $155.95 (compared to the current share price of $148.14).

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