Aerospace and defense company TransDigm (NYSE: TDG) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow before market open. Here’s what you need to know.
TransDigm missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.01 billion, up 12.1% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a slight miss of analysts’ organic revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting TransDigm’s revenue to grow 12.8% year on year to $2.17 billion, slowing from the 20.5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $8.95 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. TransDigm has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at TransDigm’s peers in the aerospace segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Boeing delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 17.7%, missing analysts’ expectations by 0.6%, and Textron reported revenues up 5.5%, topping estimates by 2.3%. Boeing traded up 8.5% following the results while Textron was also up 3.5%.
Read our full analysis of Boeing’s results here and Textron’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the aerospace segment, with share prices up 13% on average over the last month. TransDigm is up 16% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $1,483 (compared to the current share price of $1,450).
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