Analysts were expecting Insight Enterprises Inc. (NSIT) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $0.11 for last quarter, but NSIT beat expectations with actual earnings of $0.22---11 cents above the consensus estimate. NSIT also issued earnings guidance for next quarter that is below current analyst expectations.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.15 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that NSIT’s earnings are up this year.

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Also, if you compare NSIT's 13.50% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 20.78% for the Catalog & Mail Order Houses industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect NSIT to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Catalog & Mail Order Houses industry, you can see how analysts believe NSIT will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Liberty Media Interactive (LINTA) [Chart - News - Analysis] and eBay Inc. (EBAY) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe LINTA's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 5.00% while EBAY's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 14.33%.

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