Cloud communications provider Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before the bell. Here’s what investors should know.

Bandwidth met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $207.7 million, down 1.1% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with EBITDA guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting Bandwidth’s revenue to grow 15.6% year on year, improving from the 1.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Bandwidth rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.

Looking at Bandwidth’s peers in the software development segment, only F5 has reported results so far. It exceeded analysts’ revenue estimates, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 11%.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the software development segment, with share prices up 7% on average over the last month. Bandwidth is up 38.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $24.50 (compared to the current share price of $23.93).

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