Itron (NASDAQ: ITRI) stock managed to narrowly close out Tuesday’s trading in the green despite big sell-offs early in the session. The company’s share price ended the day’s trading up 0.1% but had been off as much as 9.7% early in the day. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 ended the day down 0.5%, and the Nasdaq Composite closed out the session down 0.9%.
Itron posted its first-quarter results before the market opened today, and investors initially had a harshly negative reaction to the company’s quarterly print and forward guidance. Despite the initial bearish response to the report, the company’s share price saw strong recovery as the day progressed.
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Itron stock surprisingly managed to close out Tuesday’s trading with a modest gain.
Itron (ITRI +0.09%) stock managed to narrowly close out Tuesday’s trading in the green despite big sell-offs early in the session. The company’s share price ended the day’s trading up 0.1% but had been off as much as 9.7% early in the day. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 ended the day down 0.5%, and the Nasdaq Composite closed out the session down 0.9%.
Itron posted its first-quarter results before the market opened today, and investors initially had a harshly negative reaction to the company’s quarterly print and forward guidance. Despite the initial bearish response to the report, the company’s share price saw strong recovery as the day progressed.
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Itron actually topped Wall Street’s expectations for Q1
Itron recorded non-GAAP (adjusted) earnings per share of $1.49 in the first quarter, beating the average Wall Street analyst estimate by $0.25 per share. Meanwhile, sales came in at roughly $587 million — beating the average analyst target by roughly $14.9 million. While sales came in roughly 3% lower compared to last year’s quarter, the performance still beat analyst’s expectations.While networked solutions ales fell roughly 13% year over year, outcomes revenues were up 22% compared to the prior-year period and helped mitigate the overall sales drop off in the period.
Today’s Change
(0.09%) $0.08
Current Price
$87.00
What should investors make of Itron’s guidance?
Itron is guiding for sales to come in between $560 million and $570 million this quarter — a level that fell significantly short of the average analyst estimate’s call for sales of $607 million heading into the company’s latest business update. Meanwhile, adjusted earnings per share are projected to be between $1.25 and $1.35 — a target range that also fell short of Wall Street’s call for per-share earnings of $1.46 in the period. While shares rebounded after their initial sell-offs today, the company’s softer-than-expected forward guidance suggests that the stock could continue to face valuation pressures in the near term.
