Risk-to-Price Commentary: Timken Co. And Verisk Analytics Inc. Feb 12
Standard & Poors, February 2012
Abstract
As the fourth-quarter earnings season winds down, the percentage of industrials companies beating the S&P Capital IQ consensus estimate was the largest (67.44%) of any of the 10 sectors. Highlights included results from Caterpillar Inc., which reported $2.25 per share against the estimate of $1.77, and Textron Inc., whose $0.49 per share topped the forecast of $0.35. A majority of companies within the sector expressed optimism about 2012, with Caterpillar saying, "The 2011 increase in sales and revenues was the largest percentage increase in any year since 1947, and much of it was driven by demand for Caterpillar products and services outside of the United States...We're expecting 2012 to be another year of good growth." On a forward 12-month basis,...
Companies mentioned in this report are:
- GATX Corp.
- Goodrich Corp.
- Snap-on Inc.
- Southwest Airlines Co.
- Union Pacific Corp.
- Timken Co.
- CSX Transportation Inc.
- Equifax Inc.
- Pall Corp.
- United Parcel Service Inc.
- Verisk Analytics Inc.
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Research Type: Commentary
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- GATX Corp.
- Goodrich Corp.
- Snap-on Inc.
- Southwest Airlines Co.
- Union Pacific Corp.
- Timken Co.
- CSX Transportation Inc.
- Equifax Inc.
- Pall Corp.
- United Parcel Service Inc.
- Verisk Analytics Inc.
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