PAR Technology (PAR) Q3 Earnings: What To Expect

Restaurant technology provider PAR Technology (NYSE:PAR) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.

PAR Technology beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $112.4 million, up 43.8% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ ARR estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting PAR Technology’s revenue to grow 16.4% year on year to $112.6 million, slowing from the 40.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.02 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. PAR Technology has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.

Looking at PAR Technology’s peers in the specialized technology segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Napco delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 11.7%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.8%, and Mirion reported revenues up 7.9%, in line with consensus estimates. Napco traded down 6.3% following the results while Mirion was up 18.1%.

Read our full analysis of Napco’s results here and Mirion’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 specialized technology stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 5.4% on average over the last month. PAR Technology is down 9.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $71.33 (compared to the current share price of $34.20).

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