Following a particularly difficult quarter where revenues rose only 1%, Titan Machinery, the Fargo, N.D.-based retailer of farm and construction equipment lowered its outlook for annual revenue, net income and earnings per share.
Deere & Co.’s earnings report surprised more than a few analysts, but many aren’t buying into the company’s forecast for the year ahead, though it’s lower than their fiscal 2013 results.
Cervus Equipment Corp. said its revenues rose by $26.8 million, or 11.5%, during the dealer group’s third quarter, ended September 30. Overall revenue for the period was $260.8 million vs. the same timeframe in 2012.
Following an exceptionally strong first half of its fiscal year, Kubota Corp. said it is increasing its revenue and profit forecast for the full year ending March 31, 2014.
While Ag Equipment Intelligence regularly reports on the earnings of the full-line farm equipment makers and publicly held dealership groups, we haven’t provided a lot of coverage of the specialty equipment manufacturers serving the ag and rural lifestyle equipment markets.
The world’s number two and three largest farm equipment manufacturers, CNH Industrial and AGCO Corp., put up pretty good numbers based on farm equipment sales for the third quarter of the year and year-to-date. At the same time, it doesn’t appear that either one are looking for big things in the months ahead.
During its pitch to potential investors September 26-30, executives of the newly formed CNH Industrial said the long-term focus of the merged CNH Global and Fiat Industrial group is "Stable, value maximizing capital structure with shareholder friendly distribution policy."
Despite challenging market conditions and the trauma of an earthquake in 2012, the manufacturer of Landini, McCormick and Valpadana tractors continued to improve its profitability through increased efficiencies.
Despite posting hefty revenue gains through the second quarter and first half of its 2014 fiscal year, Titan Machinery cut its full-year outlook to $2.25-$2.45 billion from its earlier forecast of $2.35-$2.55 billion. Titan, whose biggest brand of ag and construction equipment is Case IH, has 109 locations in the U.S. and Eastern Europe.
Despite posting hefty revenue gains through the second quarter and first half of its 2014 fiscal year, Titan Machinery cut its full-year outlook to $2.25-$2.45 billion from its earlier forecast of $2.35-$2.55 billion.
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