AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.000-4.500 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 6.310. The company issued revenue guidance of $9.6 billion-$9.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.8 billion. AGCO also updated its FY25 guidance to $4.00-4.50 EPS.

AGCO Stock Performance

Shares of AGCO stock traded down $3.58 on Thursday, hitting $90.55. The stock had a trading volume of 2,897,213 shares, compared to its average volume of 806,915. The stock has a market cap of $6.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 1.24. The business’s 50 day moving average is $97.51 and its two-hundred day moving average is $96.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87. AGCO has a twelve month low of $84.35 and a twelve month high of $130.26.

AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.08 by ($0.40). AGCO had a return on equity of 15.79% and a net margin of 1.35%. The business had revenue of $2.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.90 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.97 EPS. AGCO’s revenue for the quarter was down 24.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that AGCO will post 7.36 EPS for the current year.

AGCO Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 15th were paid a dividend of $0.29 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 15th. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.28%. AGCO’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 51.33%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently commented on AGCO shares. Truist Financial raised their price target on AGCO from $110.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of AGCO from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. StockNews.com raised shares of AGCO from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on shares of AGCO from $112.00 to $99.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Oppenheimer reduced their target price on AGCO from $131.00 to $111.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, AGCO presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $112.18.

About AGCO

AGCO Corporation manufactures and distributes agricultural equipment and related replacement parts worldwide. It offers horsepower tractors for row crop production, soil cultivation, planting, land leveling, seeding, and commercial hay operations; utility tractors for small- and medium-sized farms, as well as for dairy, livestock, orchards, and vineyards; and compact tractors for small farms, specialty agricultural industries, landscaping, equestrian, and residential uses.