Clothing and footwear retailer Boot Barn (NYSE: BOOT) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.

Boot Barn beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $504.1 million, up 19.1% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and EPS guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Boot Barn’s revenue to grow 16.3% year on year to $495 million, improving from the 13.7% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.28 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. Boot Barn has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

With Boot Barn being the first among its peers to report earnings this season, we don’t have anywhere else to look to get a hint at how this quarter will unravel for apparel and footwear retail stocks. However, the whole sector has been hit hard over the last month as stocks in Boot Barn’s peer group are down 2.1% on average. Boot Barn is up 22.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $213.29 (compared to the current share price of $203).

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