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Here is the scuttlebutt from Zacks…on GoPRO today.

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The company has had a volatile earnings history in the trailing four quarters, having beaten estimates thrice and missing in the other. Last quarter, GoPro reported an adjusted loss of 30 cents per share, far worse than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 10 cents.

Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement.

Factors to Consider = GoPro’s revenues have been highly volatile in the past three years, and have largely followed a downward trend, particularly in recent months. In the fourth-quarter 2017 results, the top line took a severe hit (down 38.1% year over year) due to sluggish demand for GoPro’s Hero gadgets, and discounting of the Karma drones and Hero cameras during the holiday season. The company is anticipating revenues to contract further in the first half of 2018, as it clears inventory from sales channels.

Coming to the bottom line, GoPro has actually lost money in seven of the last 10 quarters. The company reported an adjusted net loss of 30 cents per share in fourth-quarter 2017, against earnings of 29 cents in the year-ago quarter. The bottom line also missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 10 cents.

The company also recently decided to abandon the drone business and slash 20% of its workforce after witnessing a sub-standard holiday quarter. The failure of this unit will likely have a depressing impact on GoPro’s upcoming financials.

Further, GoPro slashed prices for the Hero 5 Black and Hero 5 Session cameras. It also cut the price of its latest camera, HERO 6 Black, to $399 from $499. The constrained demand and price cuts are likely to affect the top line and margins in the quarter to be reported.

GPRO is playing in a brutally competitive market, and has not been able to hold its own against camera makers, such as Nikon, Olympus, and Canon, as well as electronic players, including Samsung, Panasonic, and Sony. The company’s market share has been persistently threatened by lower-cost alternatives from Sony, Xiaomi, Garmin and HTC. The result has been consistent — sharp revenue and earnings declines in the last couple of years — and this quarter is expected to fare no better.

Not surprisingly, the company’s stock has had a dismal run — having depreciated 47.2% over the past six months — much worse than the industry’s average decline of 2.8%.