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

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Valmont Industries from $387.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday. StockNews.com lowered shares of Valmont Industries from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, DA Davidson lowered shares of Valmont Industries from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $380.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Wednesday.

Valmont Industries Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:VMI traded down $13.74 during trading on Friday, reaching $349.17. The company had a trading volume of 113,467 shares, compared to its average volume of 122,464. The firm's fifty day moving average is $324.10 and its 200 day moving average is $312.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.00 billion, a PE ratio of 20.32 and a beta of 1.05. Valmont Industries has a twelve month low of $202.01 and a twelve month high of $379.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a current ratio of 2.07.

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The industrial products company reported $3.84 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.21. Valmont Industries had a net margin of 8.55% and a return on equity of 23.15%. The company had revenue of $1.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.01 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.18 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Valmont Industries will post 18.14 EPS for the current year.

Valmont Industries Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Friday, March 28th will be issued a $0.68 dividend. This is an increase 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 0.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 28th. Valmont Industries's payout ratio is presently 15.83%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Mogens C. Bay sold 20,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the director now directly owns 131,730 shares in the company, valued at $45,963,231.60. The trade was a 13.18 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 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.