Pop culture collectibles manufacturer Funko (NASDAQ: FNKO) will be reporting earnings this Thursday after market close. Here’s what investors should know.

Funko missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $250.9 million, down 14.3% year on year. It was a very strong 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, the market is expecting Funko’s revenue to decline 11.3% year on year, a deceleration from its flat revenue 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. Funko has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

Looking at Funko’s peers in the consumer discretionary - toys and electronics segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Hasbro delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 31.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 14.4%, and Bark reported a revenue decline of 22.1%, falling short of estimates by 4.1%. Hasbro traded up 9.5% following the results while Bark was also up 2.2%.

Read our full analysis of Hasbro’s results here and Bark’s results here.

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