ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 5.100-5.250 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 5.380. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.5 billion-$2.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.7 billion.

ESAB Price Performance

ESAB traded down $4.88 on Thursday, reaching $120.26. 198,668 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 209,582. The stock has a market cap of $7.27 billion, a PE ratio of 28.16, a P/E/G ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.36. ESAB has a twelve month low of $88.54 and a twelve month high of $135.97. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $122.88 and its 200-day moving average price is $115.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 1.92 and a quick ratio of 1.25.

ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.13. ESAB had a net margin of 9.47% and a return on equity of 17.27%. Sell-side analysts expect that ESAB will post 4.92 EPS for the current year.

ESAB Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.27%. ESAB’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 7.49%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on shares of ESAB in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $160.00 price target for the company. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of ESAB from $130.00 to $131.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 24th. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $144.00 price target (up previously from $138.00) on shares of ESAB in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Evercore ISI cut shares of ESAB from an “in-line” rating to an “underperform” rating and increased their price target for the company from $102.00 to $122.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, Loop Capital increased their price objective on shares of ESAB from $105.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $133.57.

ESAB Company Profile

ESAB Corporation engages in the formulation, development, manufacture, and supply of consumable products and equipment for use in cutting, joining, automated welding, and gas control equipment. Its comprehensive range of welding consumables includes electrodes, cored and solid wires, and fluxes using a range of specialty and other materials; and cutting consumables comprising electrodes, nozzles, shields, and tips.