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Switch Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Key information

82.9%

Earnings growth rate

81.4%

EPS growth rate

IT Industry Growth22.4%
Revenue growth rate11.9%
Return on equity37.4%
Net Margin56.7%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2022

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Switch declares goes ex-dividend tomorrow

Aug 18

Switch: Likely To Be Acquired But Not By Digital Realty Or Equinix

Apr 16

Switch: This Small Data Center Company Doesn't Look That Special

Jan 27

Switch Has Superior Data Center Growth

Dec 14

Switch to raise $430M to fund the acquisition of Data Foundry

Jun 01

Switch EPS beats by $0.02, beats on revenue

May 10

Switch shares up on acquiring Data Foundry for $420M and preliminary Q1 results

May 03

Switch +4.3% as Jefferies boosts to Buy on valuation

Jan 13

Switch goes ex-dividend on Monday

Nov 13

Switch: How Much Longer Will Investors Deal With Disappointment?

Nov 06

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Switch makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:SWCH Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 226693791530
30 Jun 226523791600
31 Mar 2262671500
31 Dec 2159251420
30 Sep 21558221360
30 Jun 21529281310
31 Mar 21514281280
31 Dec 20512161320
30 Sep 20504131380
30 Jun 20498111410
31 Mar 2048371410
31 Dec 1946291360
30 Sep 1944571290
30 Jun 1942541260
31 Mar 1941641250
31 Dec 1840641220
30 Sep 18402-651210
30 Jun 18397-491110
31 Mar 18387-351010
31 Dec 17378-15870
30 Sep 1736132790
30 Jun 1734531770
31 Mar 1733435740
31 Dec 1631831710
31 Dec 1526673450

Quality Earnings: SWCH has a large one-off gain of $327.0M impacting its September 30 2022 financial results.

Growing Profit Margin: SWCH's current net profit margins (56.7%) are higher than last year (4%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: SWCH's earnings have grown significantly by 82.9% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: SWCH's earnings growth over the past year (1616.8%) exceeds its 5-year average (82.9% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: SWCH earnings growth over the past year (1616.8%) exceeded the IT industry 16.1%.


Return on Equity

High ROE: Whilst SWCH's Return on Equity (37.36%) is high, this metric is skewed due to their high level of debt.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2022/12/06 22:48
End of Day Share Price 2022/12/05 00:00
Earnings2022/09/30
Annual Earnings2021/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
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  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Switch, Inc. is covered by 19 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Timothy LongBarclays
Brendan LynchBarclays
Nathan CrossettBerenberg