Analysts were expecting LoJack Corp. (LOJN) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $-0.47 for last quarter, but LOJN beat expectations with actual earnings of $0.07---54 cents above the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.18 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that LOJN’s earnings are down this year.

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Also, if you compare LOJN's 10.00% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 13.36% for the Security & Protection Services industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect LOJN to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Security & Protection Services industry, you can see how analysts believe LOJN will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Checkpoint Systems Inc. (CKP) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Protection One Inc. (PONE) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe CKP's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 10.50% while PONE's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 0.00%.

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