Industrial processing equipment and solutions provider Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) will be reporting results tomorrow after market close. Here’s what to expect.
Hillenbrand beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 5.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $837.6 million, up 9.8% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with full-year EBITDA guidance missing analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Hillenbrand’s revenue to decline 10.1% year on year to $695.5 million, a reversal from the 17.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.54 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. Hillenbrand has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Hillenbrand’s peers in the general 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 4.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.9%, and Crane reported revenues up 12.3%, topping estimates by 1.2%. GE Aerospace traded up 4.5% following the results while Crane was also up 12.3%.
Read our full analysis of GE Aerospace’s results here and Crane’s results here.
Investors in the general industrial machinery segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Hillenbrand is up 6.7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $43.60 (compared to the current share price of $33.22).
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