Western Canada’s two publicly held farm equipment dealerships, Rocky Mountain Dealerships and Cervus Equipment Corp., reported second-quarter earnings one day apart, and results for both reflect the ongoing sluggishness of farm machinery sales throughout North America.
On the heels of a 5.2% increase in revenues during its fiscal year 2015, Kubota Corp. says it plans to push ahead with further expansion into the large ag machinery market.
While Titan Machinery saw its first quarter 2016 revenue drop by 24% vs. the same quarter last year, its earnings per share of $0.13 surpassed analysts’ forecast of $0.09.
Loan volumes for almost all farming purposes rose at commercial banks, as many producers contended with tighter profit margins, according to the April 2015 edition of the Agricultural Finance Databook from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Following the release and conference call with analysts, Ag Equipment Intelligence interviewed David Meyer, Titan's chairman and CEO, and Mark Kalvoda, the company's CFO, to discuss the progress that the 108-location dealership group has made.
North American large ag equipment sales continued to decline in February, but did see a slight improvement in some categories compared to the previous month, according to the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers.
Rocky Mountain Dealerships reported its fourth quarter sales were up 1% compared to the same period a year earlier, but full-year 2014 sales slipped 4% compared with 2013. Case IH’s largest dealer group in Canada, with 40 locations, released its earnings on March 10.
Cervus Equipment reported on March 12 that it finished 2014 with a 7% increase in revenues from the sale of farm machinery. Cervus, with 35 dealerships throughout western Canada, Australia and New Zealand, is one of John Deere’s largest dealer groups.
After reporting a 3.8% fall in consolidated revenues to $32.6 billion and a drop in net sales of 4.5% to $31.2 billion, CNH Industrial expects it sales of tractors and combines to fall more than its previous forecast.
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