Will Snap-on (SNA) Break Its Beat Streak In Q3 Earnings?
Zacks Investment Research | Oct 16, 2017 11:02PM ET
Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE:SNA) is scheduled to report third-quarter 2017 results, before the opening bell on Oct 19.
Snap-on has an outstanding earnings surprise history — it has not missed estimates in over seven years. Last quarter, the company registered a positive earnings surprise of 2%, generating an average positive surprise of 2.5% for the trailing four quarters.
Let's see how things are shaping up for this announcement and whether Snap-on will be able to maintain its long-standing winning streak.
Factors to Consider
Snap-on’s successful earnings streak highlights its consistent capability to leverage on market opportunities for augmenting growth. Encouragingly, the company has been witnessing robust prospects in most of its business lines which signal brighter days ahead.
Segment wise, Snap-on’s Commercial & Industrial Group has been enjoying strong performance in the European-based hand tools business. It has been benefiting from elevated sales to customers in critical industries, including the military. The segment’s contribution to revenues exceeded estimates by 4.4% and grew 8.5% year over year to $310 million in the second-quarter 2017 results. In the upcoming quarterly results, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the segment’s sales is pegged at $313 million, reflecting slightly positive sequential growth.
The Repair Systems & Information business has been the company’s strongest growth driver in the recent times, and we expect that higher sales of the diagnostics and repair information products will drive solid organic growth in the quarter under review as well. The Financial Services business is also anticipated to do well. Additionally, the company’s financial services portfolio has been recording steady growth for the past few years.
Snap-On Incorporated Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
Snap-On believes the recent Car-O-Liner buyout will strengthen its Repair Systems & Information Group offering, enabling the company to fortify its footprint in the auto and heavy-duty markets. Snap-On anticipates this company will generate operating income margin comparable to the RS&I undercar equipment business, going forward.
Overall, we expect Snap-on to post $890 million in sales this quarter.
Though Snap-On’s bottom-line performance remained unaffected amid macroeconomic woes, the company is faced with multiple issues that may hurt the third-quarter results. The prevalent softness in industrial markets has significantly impacted client spending, marring the company’s prospects. Also, sluggish oil and gas market activities are likely to thwart the company’s top line in the quarter to be reported.
The Tools Group has also been seeing diminishing sales in the tool storage product line, which has hurt revenues in the recent past. Consequently, we expect the segment to see weak growth sequentially in the to-be-reported quarter.
Further, persistent contraction in capital expenditure by auto dealers and intensifying used car asset quality pressure is a formidable headwind for the company. Year to date, Snap-on’s shares have declined 11.3%, grossly underperforming the Zacks Investment Research
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