Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 17.200-18.800 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 17.920. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.0 billion-$4.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.2 billion.

Valmont Industries Stock Performance

Shares of Valmont Industries stock opened at $366.88 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 1.55. The firm has a market cap of $7.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.36 and a beta of 1.05. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $323.00 and a 200 day simple moving average of $311.36. Valmont Industries has a fifty-two week low of $202.01 and a fifty-two week high of $379.22.

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The industrial products company reported $3.84 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $1.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.01 billion. Valmont Industries had a net margin of 8.55% and a return on equity of 23.42%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $3.18 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts predict that Valmont Industries will post 17.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Valmont Industries Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.68 per share. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 28th. This is a positive change from Valmont Industries’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. Valmont Industries’s payout ratio is currently 13.97%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have commented on the stock. StockNews.com cut shares of Valmont Industries from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. DA Davidson cut shares of Valmont Industries from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $380.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Valmont Industries from $387.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday.

Insider Buying and Selling at Valmont Industries

In related news, Director Mogens C. Bay sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $348.92, for a total value of $6,978,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 131,730 shares in the company, valued at $45,963,231.60. This represents a 13.18 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Corporate insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

About Valmont Industries

Valmont Industries, Inc operates as manufacturer of products and services for infrastructure and agriculture markets in the United States, Australia, Brazil, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Infrastructure and Agriculture. The company manufactures and distributes steel, pre-stressed concrete, composite structures for electrical transmission, substation, and distribution applications; and designs, engineers, and manufactures metal, steel, wood, aluminum, and composite poles and structures for lighting and transportation applications.