Food processing and aviation equipment manufacturer JBT Marel (NYSE:JBTM) will be reporting earnings this Monday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.
JBT Marel beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $936 million, up 9.6% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting JBT Marel’s revenue to grow 5.1% year on year, slowing from the 132% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. JBT Marel has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at JBT Marel’s peers in the general industrial machinery segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Columbus McKinnon delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 125%, beating analysts’ expectations by 5.9%, and GE Aerospace reported revenues up 24.5%, topping estimates by 6%. Columbus McKinnon traded up 31.1% following the results while GE Aerospace was down 3.2%.
Read our full analysis of Columbus McKinnon’s results here and GE Aerospace’s results here.
In the last year or so, investors have shifted their focus from one macro dynamic to the next (AI disintermediation and AI investment to geopolitical conflict, interest rates, and the health of the wider economy). While some of the general industrial machinery stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 5% on average over the last month. JBT Marel is down 6.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $178.75 (compared to the current share price of $138.47).
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