Vehicle systems manufacturer Commercial Vehicle Group (NASDAQ: CVGI) will be reporting results this Monday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.
Commercial Vehicle Group beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 6.4% last quarter, reporting revenues of $172 million, down 11.2% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ revenue estimates and full-year EBITDA guidance exceeding analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Commercial Vehicle Group’s revenue to decline 8.4% year on year to $157.4 million, improving from the 15.3% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.12 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. Commercial Vehicle Group has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time since going public by 5.1% on average.
Looking at Commercial Vehicle Group’s peers in the heavy transportation equipment segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Cummins’s revenues decreased 1.6% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 5%, and Douglas Dynamics reported revenues up 25.3%, falling short of estimates by 0.7%. Cummins traded up 7.8% following the results while Douglas Dynamics’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of Cummins’s results here and Douglas Dynamics’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the heavy transportation equipment segment, with share prices up 2.2% on average over the last month. Commercial Vehicle Group is down 16.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $4 (compared to the current share price of $1.34).
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