Fluid and coating equipment company Graco (NYSE: GGG) will be reporting earnings this Monday after the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
Graco missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $543.4 million, up 4.7% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ revenue estimates and a miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Graco’s revenue to grow 7.7% year on year to $591.1 million, a reversal from the 3.2% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.76 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Graco has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.
Looking at Graco’s peers in the industrial machinery segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. GE Aerospace delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 17.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 13.9%, and 3M reported revenues up 3.7%, topping estimates by 1.5%. GE Aerospace traded down 7.7% following the results while 3M was also down 7.1%.
Read our full analysis of GE Aerospace’s results here and 3M’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the industrial machinery segment, with share prices up 8.3% on average over the last month. Graco is up 3.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $91.22 (compared to the current share price of $86.56).
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