Industrial Stocks Q2 Earnings Coming Up: RBC, CUI, DGLY
Zacks Investment Research | Aug 05, 2016 07:31AM ET
With the second-quarter 2016 earnings season on its last leg, investors are waiting to see how the major companies perform.
While estimating the performances of industrial stocks, we note that headwinds like economic sluggishness of major industrial goods’ consumers like China, forex issues and dismal pricing conditions in energy & mining markets might limit growth.
According to the Zacks Industry classification, the industrial stocks are broadly grouped under Industrial Products, one of the 16 Zacks sectors. Per our latest Earnings Preview article, this industry is likely to underperform this earnings season.
In fact, our report dated Aug 4, 2016 indicates that overall earnings for the sector are expected to decrease 4.9% year over year in the second quarter, while revenues are expected to fall 5.6%. Notably, the sector had witnessed a decline of 21.6% and 7.9% in earnings and revenues, respectively, in the first quarter.
Recently, two industrial stocks – RBC Bearings Inc. (NASDAQ:ROLL) and Alamo Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALG) – reported quarterly results. RBC Bearings’ adjusted earnings in first-quarter fiscal 2017 came in below the Zacks Consensus Estimate as well as the year-ago tally by a penny. While Alamo Group’s second-quarter 2016 adjusted earnings of 92 cents per share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 8.9% but increased 2.2% from the year-ago tally.
With more and more companies slated to report their second-quarter results soon, let’s take a look at how these three industrial stocks might fare.
What Awaits for these Industrial Stocks?
Regal Beloit Corporation (NYSE:RBC) is slated to report second-quarter 2016 results, after the market closes on Aug 8. In the last four quarters, the company reported an average negative earnings surprise of 1.87%. Our proven model does not conclusively show that Regal Beloit is likely to beat on earnings in the to-be-reported quarter. This is because the company carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) and has as an Zacks Investment Research
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