NN, Inc. (NNBR) and Altra Holdings (AIMC) - Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers
May 01 2011 - 7:00PM
Zacks
Investors must be feeling pretty good about
NN, Inc.'s
(NNBR) first quarter report this Thursday, because today the
company made it all the way to the front of the Zacks #1 Rank Top
Performers List.
Shares gained by about 8.4% while volume moved past 516,000,
compared to the daily average of around 133,000.
And why shouldn't they fell good about NNBR's upcoming quarter?
Looking back over the past 5 quarters, the company has beaten 4
times and missed once.
This time, analysts are expecting earnings per share of 31
cents, compared to 8 cents a year earlier. Much like the annual
expectations for NNBR, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter
has moved forward over the past 2 months.
NN, Inc. manufactures and supplies high precision metal bearing
components, industrial plastic and rubber products and precision
metal components to a variety of markets on a global basis.
It is part of the metal processors & fabricators industry,
which has 6 total representatives on the Zacks #1 Rank List. The
other 5 names are Dynamic Materials Corporation (BOOM),
The Timken Company (TKR), TriMas Corporation (TKS),
Worthington Industries, Inc. (WOR) and Horsehead Holding
Corp. (ZINC).
Strong global demand for its products led to a solid
fourth-quarter performance, which was announced in March. Earnings
per share of 30 cents beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by nearly
43%. Meanwhile, net sales jumped 23.1% from last year to $96.3
million.
The company believes the demand will continue into 2011, and
forecasted revenues for the year between $405 million and $415
million. The midpoint of this range would mark an improvement of
12% over fiscal 2010.
There are only 2 total estimates for 2011 and 2012 each, and
they haven't moved at all in the past 30 days. However,
expectations are well above levels from 2 months ago thanks the
strong fourth quarter. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for this year
is $1.45 per share, up 23% in 60 days.
Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2012 is $1.65 per
share, which is up nearly 14% in the past 2 months. The outlook
also suggests year-over-year profit growth at the same percentage
of 14%.
Another company enjoying broad-based demand is Altra
Holdings, Inc. (AIMC).
Today, this company gained 2.64%, which rose pretty high on the
Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers List for what turned out to be a
rather lackluster session. Volume more than doubled to 364,000,
versus the daily average of nearly 160,000.
AIMC, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Altra Industrial
Motion, Inc., is a leading multinational designer, producer and
marketer of a wide range of mechanical power transmission
products.
The company is part of the machinery – general industrial on the
Zacks #1 Rank List. Besides AIMC, there are 8 other names from this
space on today's list: Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
(AIT), Dover Corporation (DOV), Gardner Denver, Inc.
(GDI), Graco Inc. (GGG), Illinois Tool Works Inc.
(ITW), Kadant Inc. (KAI), Sun Hydraulics Corrporation
(SHNY) and Twin Disc, Inc. (TWIN).
Unlike NNBR, Altra Holdings has seen a lot of revisions to its
earnings estimates of late. The past 7 days have seen all 5
estimates for 2011 move higher. In the same period, four of 6 total
estimates for 2012 advanced.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2011 is $1.49 per share, which
is up 9.6% in the past week. As for 2012, the Zacks Consensus
Estimate is up nearly 7% in 7 days, and also suggests 14% profit
growth year over year.
The earnings estimates are reacting to AIMC's first-quarter
report from late last month. The company announced earnings per
share of 40 cents, which eclipsed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by
more than 21%. It was the sixth straight quarter with a positive
earnings surprise for AIMC.
Sales were up a little more than 25% to $159.8 million.
The company believes that demand will remain strong for the rest
of the year, and so it raised its guidance for the full year. Altra
Holdings now forecasts earnings per share between $1.36 and $1.46
for 2011, with sales at $600 million to $620 million.
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