Financial services provider CBIZ (NYSE: CBZ) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what to look for.

CBIZ missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $693.8 million, up 58.1% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ revenue estimates.

Is CBIZ a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members.

This quarter, the market is expecting CBIZ’s revenue to grow 25.6% year on year, slowing from the 40.5% 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. CBIZ has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

Looking at CBIZ’s peers in the business process outsourcing & consulting segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Exponent delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1%, and Genpact reported revenues up 5.6%, topping estimates by 0.8%. Exponent traded up 12.7% following the results while Genpact was also up 7.1%.

Read our full analysis of Exponent’s results here and Genpact’s results here.

The outlook for 2025 remains clouded by potential trade policy changes and corporate tax discussions, which could impact business confidence and growth. While some of the business process outsourcing & consulting stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 8.9% on average over the last month. CBIZ is down 27.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $67.50 (compared to the current share price of $27.69).

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