BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) Issues Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.08 EPS

BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The auto parts company reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.08, Zacks reports. BorgWarner had a return on equity of 15.51% and a net margin of 6.33%. BorgWarner updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.050-4.400 EPS.

BorgWarner Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:BWA traded down $0.24 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $30.00. 1,504,112 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,464,944. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a current ratio of 1.84. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $32.50 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $33.30. BorgWarner has a 52 week low of $29.33 and a 52 week high of $38.22. The company has a market cap of $6.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 1.18.

Insider Activity at BorgWarner

In other BorgWarner news, VP Stefan Demmerle sold 20,544 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.28, for a total transaction of $704,248.32. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 206,969 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,094,897.32. This represents a 9.03 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Paul Arthur Farrell sold 20,266 shares of BorgWarner stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.47, for a total transaction of $698,569.02. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 32,366 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,115,656.02. This trade represents a 38.51 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 222,010 shares of company stock valued at $7,678,076 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.63% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently issued reports on BWA. Barclays dropped their target price on shares of BorgWarner from $47.00 to $43.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of BorgWarner from $40.00 to $41.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $41.00 price target on shares of BorgWarner in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Evercore ISI upgraded BorgWarner from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $39.00 to $43.00 in a research note on Monday, October 14th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on BorgWarner from $35.00 to $31.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, BorgWarner presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $40.47.

BorgWarner Company Profile

BorgWarner Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides solutions for combustion, hybrid, and electric vehicles worldwide. It offers turbochargers, eBoosters, eTurbos, timing systems, emissions systems, thermal systems, gasoline ignition technology, smart remote actuators, powertrain sensors, cabin heaters, battery modules and systems, battery heaters, and battery charging.