Value stocks typically trade at discounts to the broader market, offering patient investors the opportunity to buy businesses when they’re out of favor.
The key risk, however, is that these stocks are usually cheap for a reason – five cents for a piece of fruit may seem like a great deal until you find out it’s rotten.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how professional tools and equipment stocks fared in Q4, starting with Hillman (NASDAQ:HLMN).
Over the last six months, Hillman shares have sunk to $8.52, producing a disappointing 19.3% loss - worse than the S&P 500’s 4.1% drop. This may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the professional tools and equipment industry, including Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) and its peers.
Industrials businesses quietly power the physical things we depend on, from cars and homes to e-commerce infrastructure. Unfortunately, this role also comes with a demand profile tethered to the ebbs and flows of the broader economy,
and the industry is currently lagging as its six-month return of 2.8% has trailed the S&P 500’s 8.1% gain.
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) and the rest of the professional tools and equipment stocks fared in Q4.
Hardware products and merchandising solutions provider Hillman (NASDAQ:HLMN) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales flat year on year at $349.6 million. On the other hand, the company’s outlook for the full year was close to analysts’ estimates with revenue guided to $1.54 billion at the midpoint. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.10 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.
Hardware products and merchandising solutions provider Hillman (NASDAQ:HLMN)
will be announcing earnings results tomorrow before market open. Here’s what investors should know.
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q3 behind us, let’s have a look at Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (NYSE:HY) and its peers.
Hillman has been treading water for the past six months, recording a small return of 1.4% while holding steady at $10.03. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 6.6% gain during that period.
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) and the rest of the professional tools and equipment stocks fared in Q3.
Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ:LECO) and the best and worst performers in the professional tools and equipment industry.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how professional tools and equipment stocks fared in Q3, starting with ESAB (NYSE:ESAB).
