Valmont’s Profitability Gains Contrast With Slower Sales Growth
Valmont’s five-year earnings and cash-flow gains stand out, while sales growth lagged and its shares recently moved lower.
Valmont shares rose 21.6% over six months to $466.89, closely tracking the S&P 500’s 21.4% gain, according to StockStory. As of 16:11 UTC on Sept. 28, VMI traded at $460.17, down 1.43% from the previous close.
Valmont provides engineered products and infrastructure services for agriculture. StockStory notes that the company is credited with an invention in the 1950s that improved crop yields.
The analysis highlights Valmont’s earnings per share, which grew at a 22.9% annualized rate over five years. Revenue grew 5.7% annually over the same period, a gap StockStory says points to increased profitability per share.
Valmont’s free cash flow margin expanded by 8.7 percentage points over five years, reaching 7.6% for the trailing 12 months. StockStory says the rise suggests the business became less capital-intensive.
The slower sales growth is the main concern in the analysis. StockStory described Valmont’s five-year revenue growth as tepid compared with the industrials sector.
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Source: Yahoo Finance
