Barnes Group (B) Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Miss
Barnes Group, Inc. B reported mixed third-quarter 2019 results, wherein earnings beat the Zacks Consensus estimate, but revenues missed the same.
Earnings/ Revenues
Quarterly adjusted earnings came in at 89 cents per share, up 14.1% year over year from 78 cents. Moreover, the bottom line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 78 cents.
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Revenues were $373 million, down 0.8% year over year. The figure declined 1% organically. Also, the top line missed the consensus estimate of $374 million.
Segmental Breakup
Revenues from the Industrial segment were $231.7 million, down 5% year over year. The decline was due to continued softness in end markets on account of trade uncertainties and slowing global economies as well as unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation.
The Aerospace segment generated revenues of $140.9 million, up 12% year over year. The improvement was driven by solid aerospace OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) sales and strength in maintenance, repair and overhaul, and spare parts sales.
Costs/Margins
Cost of sales in the third quarter was $234.4 million, down 1% year over year. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $70.6 million, down from $73.9 million. Adjusted operating margin was 18.1%, down 170 basis points.
Balance Sheet/Cash Flow
Exiting the third quarter, Barnes Group had cash and cash equivalents of $80.5 million, down from $100.7 million recorded as of Dec 31, 2018. At the end of the reported quarter, long-term debt was $856.1 million compared with $936.4 million as of Dec 31, 2018.
In the first nine months of 2019, cash from operating activities totaled $161.3 million compared with about $158 million in the comparable year-ago period.
Outlook
Barnes Group has provided adjusted earnings view for 2019 in the range of $3.18-$3.23 compared with $3.18-$3.28 guided earlier.
Total revenues are likely to be flat, while organic revenue growth is predicted to decline in low-single digits range. This is comparable with the company’s earlier revenue growth guided range of 3-4%, and flat to up 1% for organic revenue growth.
Zacks Rank & Key Picks
Barnes Group currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
Some better-ranked stocks in the same space are Cimpress N.V CMPR, Brady Corporation BRC and Dover Corporation DOV. While Cimpress sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Brady and Dover carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Cimpress’ earnings surprise in the last reported quarter was a positive 137.04%.
Brady delivered average positive earnings surprise of 9.68% in the trailing four quarters.
Dover pulled off average positive earnings surprise of 6.70% in the trailing four quarters.
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