Reflecting On Gas and Liquid Handling Stocks’ Q3 Earnings: Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR)

As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q3. Today, we are looking at gas and liquid handling stocks, starting with Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR).

Gas and liquid handling companies possess the technical know-how and specialized equipment to handle valuable (and sometimes dangerous) substances. Lately, water conservation and carbon capture–which requires hydrogen and other gasses as well as specialized infrastructure–have been trending up, creating new demand for products such as filters, pumps, and valves. On the other hand, gas and liquid handling companies are at the whim of economic cycles. Consumer spending and interest rates, for example, can greatly impact the industrial production that drives demand for these companies’ offerings.

The 13 gas and liquid handling stocks we track reported a slower Q3. As a group, revenues missed analysts’ consensus estimates by 2.2%.

Thankfully, share prices of the companies have been resilient as they are up 9.4% on average since the latest earnings results.

Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR)

Ingersoll Rand reported revenues of $1.86 billion, up 7% year on year. This print fell short of analysts’ expectations by 0.7%. Overall, it was a mixed quarter for the company with an impressive beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ organic revenue estimates.

“Our Economic Growth Engine remains on track to deliver our long-term Investor Day targets of double-digit Adjusted EPS growth and strong free cash flow generation,” said Vicente Reynal, chairman and chief executive officer of Ingersoll Rand.

Unsurprisingly, the stock is down 1.9% since reporting and currently trades at $94.23.

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Best Q3: IDEX (NYSE:IEX)

IDEX reported revenues of $798.2 million, flat year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 0.6%. The business had a satisfactory quarter with an impressive beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates but a slight miss of analysts’ organic revenue estimates.

The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 7.9% since reporting. It currently trades at $219.99.

Weakest Q3: Graco (NYSE:GGG)

Graco reported revenues of $519.2 million, down 3.8% year on year, falling short of analysts’ expectations by 3.4%. It was a disappointing quarter as it posted a significant miss of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates.

Interestingly, the stock is up 3.4% since the results and currently trades at $85.68.

ITT (NYSE:ITT)

ITT reported revenues of $885.2 million, up 7.7% year on year. This print met analysts’ expectations. Aside from that, it was a mixed quarter as it also logged a decent beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates but organic revenue in line with analysts’ estimates.

The stock is up 6.2% since reporting and currently trades at $153.39.

SPX Technologies (NYSE:SPXC)

SPX Technologies reported revenues of $483.7 million, up 7.8% year on year. This number came in 3.2% below analysts' expectations. It was a slower quarter as it also recorded a significant miss of analysts’ organic revenue estimates and full-year revenue guidance slightly missing analysts’ expectations.

SPX Technologies achieved the highest full-year guidance raise among its peers. The stock is down 3.3% since reporting and currently trades at $153.61.

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