Non-lethal weapons company Byrna (NASDAQ: BYRN) will be reporting results this Thursday before the bell. Here’s what to look for.

Byrna met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $26.19 million, up 57.3% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Byrna’s revenue to grow 40.4% year on year to $28.47 million, slowing from the 76.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.03 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. Byrna has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

With Byrna 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 aerospace and defense stocks. However, there has been positive investor sentiment in the segment, with share prices up 5.6% on average over the last month. Byrna is up 10.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $35.88 (compared to the current share price of $32.80).

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