Analysts were expecting Town Sports International Holdings Inc. (CLUB) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $-0.07 for last quarter, and CLUB met expectations with actual earnings of $-0.07---in line the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.16 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that CLUB’s earnings are down this year.

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Also, if you compare CLUB's 8.50% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 8.78% for the Sporting Activities industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect CLUB to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Sporting Activities industry, you can see how analysts believe CLUB will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Bowl America Inc. (BWL-A) [Chart - News - Analysis] and International Speedway Corp. (ISCA) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe BWL-A's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 0.00% while ISCA's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 6.00%.

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