Battery manufacturer EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 7% year on year to $974.8 million. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $850 million was less impressive, coming in 7% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.97 per share was 6.8% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
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As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the renewable energy industry, including EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) and its peers.
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Whether you see them or not, industrials businesses play a crucial part in our daily activities. Unfortunately, this role also comes with a demand profile tethered to the ebbs and flows of the broader economy, and investors seem to be forecasting a downturn -
over the past six months, the industry has pulled back by 1.7%. This performance was disappointing since the S&P 500 climbed 5.3%.
Battery manufacturer EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, but sales rose 5.2% year on year to $906.2 million. Next quarter’s revenue guidance of $980 million underwhelmed, coming in 4% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $3.12 per share was 8.8% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how renewable energy stocks fared in Q3, starting with EnerSys (NYSE:ENS).
Over the past six months, EnerSys’s shares (currently trading at $92.22) have posted a disappointing 11.4% loss, well below the S&P 500’s 9.7% gain. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.
We are looking for value in the Industrials Sector because we are still in a strong bull market that has been not only one of the longest on record, but also has seen the S&P 500 get to one of its lofty valuations ever.
Battery manufacturer EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q3 CY2024, but sales fell 1.9% year on year to $883.7 million. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $940 million was less impressive, coming in 2% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.12 per share was 2.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
