Analysts were expecting New Frontier Media Inc. (NOOF) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $0.03 for last quarter, but NOOF beat expectations with actual earnings of $0.05---2 cents above the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.06 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that NOOF’s earnings are down this year.

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Also, if you compare NOOF's 10.00% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 12.02% for the Movie Production, Theaters industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect NOOF to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Movie Production, Theaters industry, you can see how analysts believe NOOF will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Cinemark Holdings Inc. (CNK) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Carmike Cinemas Inc. (CKEC) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe CNK's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 13.50% while CKEC's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 10.00%.

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