Infrastructure and agriculture equipment manufacturer Valmont Industries (NYSE: VMI) will be reporting earnings tomorrow before market open. Here’s what investors should know.
Valmont beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.04 billion, up 2.1% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ organic revenue and adjusted operating income estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Valmont’s revenue to be flat year on year at $975.5 million, improving from the 8% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $4.36 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. Valmont has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Valmont’s peers in the building products segment, only Insteel has reported results so far. It beat analysts’ revenue estimates by 7.2%, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 26.1%.
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