Moving and storage solutions provider U-Haul (NYSE: UHAL) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.

U-Haul met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.72 billion, up 3.7% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting U-Haul’s revenue to grow 3.5% year on year to $1.44 billion, in line with the 3.7% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

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. U-Haul has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at U-Haul’s peers in the ground transportation segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Landstar’s revenues decreased 2.9% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 1.4%, and Knight-Swift Transportation reported flat revenue, falling short of estimates by 2.4%. Landstar traded down 2.3% following the results while Knight-Swift Transportation was up 2.6%.

Read our full analysis of Landstar’s results here and Knight-Swift Transportation’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the ground transportation segment, with share prices up 7.1% on average over the last month. U-Haul is up 8.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $80.45 (compared to the current share price of $57.65).

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