Industrial manufacturing company Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
Ingersoll Rand met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.96 billion, up 5.1% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates but full-year EBITDA guidance missing analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Ingersoll Rand’s revenue to grow 7.3% year on year to $2.04 billion, improving from the 4.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.90 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. Ingersoll Rand has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Ingersoll Rand’s peers in the gas and liquid handling segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Flowserve delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 3.5%, missing analysts’ expectations by 3.5%, and Gorman-Rupp reported revenues up 2.4%, in line with consensus estimates. Flowserve traded up 8.2% following the results while Gorman-Rupp was also up 10.3%.
Read our full analysis of Flowserve’s results here and Gorman-Rupp’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the gas and liquid handling segment, with share prices up 8.6% on average over the last month. Ingersoll Rand is up 12.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $90.17 (compared to the current share price of $97.57).
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