Why Garmin Stock made a jump today – The Fool Motley

What happened

Actions of Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) jumped 17% on Wednesday after the GPS technology company reported better-than-expected fourth quarter 2018 results and optimistic forward-looking forecasts.

Garmin's quarterly revenues grew 4% year-over-year to $ 932 million, which translates into a 26% increase in pro forma earnings to 193 , $ 6 million, or $ 1.02 per share. Analysts on average expected earnings of $ 0.80 per share on a $ 891.3 million business figure.

So what

At Garmin, the 28% decline in automotive revenues (to $ 147.6 million) was more than offset by a combined 13% increase in aerospace, marine, outdoor and fitness products. In particular, the turnover of outdoor products has increased by 25% thanks to the "significant contributions" of the company's adventure watch lines.

CEO Cliff Pemble has described this year as "a year of remarkable growth in sales and operating profit". segments. "

Now what

For the year 2019, Garmin expects a turnover of 3.5 billion USD, against 3.35 billion USD in 2018, and well beyond the consensus forecasts, for an amount of 3.43 billion USD . This should result in earnings per share of $ 3.70 for 2019, up slightly from pro forma earnings of $ 3.69 per share in 2018, but again well above $ 3.52 per share. per share modeled by Wall Street.

In the end, while Garmin's consolidated growth did not really let up on its jaws, it was a simple quarterly beating followed by an encouraging guidance against expectations.

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