Professional services firm Marsh & McLennan (NYSE: MRSH) will be reporting results this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what investors should know.

Marsh & McLennan beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $6.60 billion, up 8.7% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS and organic revenue estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting Marsh & McLennan’s revenue to grow 4.6% year on year, slowing from the 9.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Heading into earnings, analysts covering the company have grown increasingly bearish with revenue estimates seeing in majority downward revisions over the last 30 days. Marsh & McLennan has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

Looking at Marsh & McLennan’s peers in the professional services segment, only Concentrix has reported results so far. It met analysts’ revenue estimates, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 5.4%. The stock was down 25.3% on the results.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the professional services segment, with share prices up 6.2% on average over the last month. Marsh & McLennan’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $202.50 (compared to the current share price of $172.71).

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