Automotive manufacturer Ford (NYSE: F) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday after market hours. Here’s what to expect.

Ford beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 9.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $50.53 billion, up 9.4% year on year. It was an incredible quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Ford’s revenue to decline 8.1% year on year to $44.3 billion, a reversal from the 4.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.19 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. Ford has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 4.9% on average.

Looking at Ford’s peers in the automobile manufacturing segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. General Motors’s revenues decreased 5.1% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 1.1%, and Autoliv reported revenues up 7.7%, topping estimates by 1.2%. General Motors traded up 6.9% following the results while Autoliv was down 4.7%.

Read our full analysis of General Motors’s results here and Autoliv’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the automobile manufacturing segment, with share prices up 7.7% on average over the last month. Ford is down 1.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $13.76 (compared to the current share price of $13.80).

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