NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Trinity Industries Inc. are higher by 5.21% to $31.71 in mid-morning trading on Thursday, after the company which operates within a variety providing products and services, reported its 2014 fourth quarter earnings results which exceeded analysts' expectations. For the most recent quarter, Trinity Industries said its net income was $138.2 million, or 86 cents per diluted share, compared to $112.8 million or 72 cents per diluted share for the 2013 fourth quarter. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had forecast for earnings of 83 cents per share. Exclusive Report: Jim Cramer's Best Stocks for 2015 Trinity Industries said its revenue for the latest quarter grew by 32% to $1.7 billion versus the $1.3 billion reported for the same period last year. Analysts were expecting the company to post revenue of $1.62 billion. "During 2014, we utilized the strengths of our integrated business model to achieve record financial results, with all of our business segments reporting higher revenue and profit," company CEO Timothy Wallace said. Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates TRINITY INDUSTRIES as a Buy with a ratings score of B. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate TRINITY INDUSTRIES (TRN) a BUY. This is driven by a few notable strengths, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, notable return on equity, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated." You can view the full analysis from the report here: TRN Ratings Report TRN data by YCharts
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