Q4 Earnings Highs And Lows: Teledyne (NYSE:TDY) Vs The Rest Of The Inspection Instruments Stocks

As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the inspection instruments industry, including Teledyne (NYSE:TDY) and its peers.

Measurement and inspection instrument companies may enjoy more steady demand because products such as water meters are non-discretionary and mandated for replacement at predictable intervals. In the last decade, digitization and data collection have driven innovation in the space, leading to incremental sales. But like the broader industrials sector, measurement and inspection instrument companies are at the whim of economic cycles. Interest rates, for example, can greatly impact civil, commercial, and residential construction projects that drive demand.

The 5 inspection instruments stocks we track reported a very strong Q4. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 2.3% while next quarter’s revenue guidance was in line.

Thankfully, share prices of the companies have been resilient as they are up 5.3% on average since the latest earnings results.

Teledyne (NYSE:TDY)

Teledyne reported revenues of $1.50 billion, up 5.4% year on year. This print exceeded analysts’ expectations by 3.6%. Overall, it was an exceptional quarter for the company with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

“In the fourth quarter, we achieved all-time record sales and non-GAAP earnings per share,” said Robert Mehrabian, Executive Chairman.

Teledyne scored the biggest analyst estimates beat of the whole group. The stock is up 4.3% since reporting and currently trades at $500.86.

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Best Q4: FARO (NASDAQ:FARO)

FARO reported revenues of $93.54 million, down 5.4% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 2.3%. The business had an exceptional quarter with EPS guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 15.5% since reporting. It currently trades at $31.30.

Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI)

Badger Meter reported revenues of $205.2 million, up 12.5% year on year, exceeding analysts’ expectations by 2.3%. It was a satisfactory quarter as it also posted a solid beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.

As expected, the stock is down 1.3% since the results and currently trades at $205.86.

Keysight (NYSE:KEYS)

Keysight reported revenues of $1.30 billion, up 3.1% year on year. This number topped analysts’ expectations by 1.7%. More broadly, it was a satisfactory quarter as it also produced a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates but a miss of analysts’ backlog estimates.

Keysight had the weakest performance against analyst estimates among its peers. The stock is down 9.4% since reporting and currently trades at $156.01.

Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI)

Itron reported revenues of $612.9 million, up 6.2% year on year. This print beat analysts’ expectations by 1.7%. It was an exceptional quarter as it also produced EPS guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.

The stock is up 17.3% since reporting and currently trades at $108.71.

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