Carpenter Technology Crushes Earnings Estimates

Updated

Carpenter Technology (NYS: CRS) reported earnings on April 25. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
For the quarter ended March 31 (Q3), Carpenter Technology beat expectations on revenues and crushed expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue grew significantly and GAAP earnings per share improved.


Gross margins increased, operating margins improved, net margins contracted.

Revenue details
Carpenter Technology chalked up revenue of $539.9 million. The five analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ predicted revenue of $499.7 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 16% higher than the prior-year quarter's $464.2 million.

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Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

EPS details
Non-GAAP EPS came in at $0.84. The eight earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ anticipated $0.68 per share on the same basis. GAAP EPS of $0.69 for Q3 were 7.8% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.64 per share.

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Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

Margin details
For the quarter, gross margin was 19.5%, 380 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 11.8%, 420 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 6.1%, 10 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter.

Looking ahead
Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $566.2 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.75.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $1.91 billion. The average EPS estimate is $2.53.

Investor sentiment
The stock has a five-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 385 members out of 409 rating the stock outperform, and 24 members rating it underperform. Among 148 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 145 give Carpenter Technology a green thumbs-up, and three give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Carpenter Technology is outperform, with an average price target of $66.57.

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