Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) Issues Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.08 EPS

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) issued its earnings results on Tuesday. The industrial products company reported $4.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.24 by $0.08, Zacks reports. Valmont Industries had a net margin of 8.55% and a return on equity of 23.15%. Valmont Industries updated its FY 2025 guidance to 17.200-18.800 EPS.

Valmont Industries Trading Down 2.8 %

Shares of VMI stock opened at $270.06 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 2.07 and a quick ratio of 1.55. Valmont Industries has a 1 year low of $202.01 and a 1 year high of $379.22. The company has a market cap of $5.42 billion, a PE ratio of 15.72 and a beta of 1.07. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $310.37 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $319.51.

Valmont Industries Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Friday, March 28th were issued a $0.68 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 28th. This is a positive change from Valmont Industries’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.01%. Valmont Industries’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.83%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on shares of Valmont Industries from $425.00 to $343.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 14th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Valmont Industries from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 29th. William Blair lowered shares of Valmont Industries from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, March 21st. Finally, DA Davidson cut 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, February 19th.

Valmont Industries Company Profile

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.