CMC reported mixed fiscal Q1 results with revenue declines and margin pressures, but the North American steel business outperformed expectations on stronger pricing and good cost control. Destocking could be an issue for a couple more quarters, but longer-term non-resi indicators are turning up and highway spending should grow at a high-single-digit rate in 2025. Better European results are likely tied to a recovery in Germany, which I do expect later in 2025, and the Emerging Business segment gives valuable exposure to higher-margin downstream services.
CMC expects second-quarter fiscal 2025 consolidated financial results to decline sequentially.
Commercial Metals Company (NYSE:CMC ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call January 6, 2024 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Peter Matt - President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Lawrence - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Sathish Kasinathan - Bank of America Katja Jancic - BMO Capital Markets Phil Gibbs - KeyBanc Capital Markets Navis Lu - BNP Alex Hacking - Citi Operator Hello and welcome everyone to the Fiscal 2025 First Quarter Earnings Call for CMC. Joining me on today's call are Peter Matt, CMC's President and Chief Executive Officer; and Paul Lawrence, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Commercial Metals (CMC) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended November 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Commercial Metals (CMC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.78 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to earnings of $1.63 per share a year ago.
CMC's fiscal first-quarter results are likely to reflect the impacts of sluggish demand in Europe.
Besides Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates for Commercial Metals (CMC), review projections for some of its key metrics to gain a deeper understanding of how the company might have fared during the quarter ended November 2024.
Commercial Metals (CMC) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Commercial Metals Company CMC will release earnings results for the first quarter before the opening bell on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
Goldman Sachs analyst Mike Harris initiated coverage of Commercial Metals with a Buy rating and $75 price target. The prevailing sentiment towards the U.S. steel industry seems pessimistic given concerns on global over supply and weak but improving pricing, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm is more positive given its belief that both cyclical and structural factors could drive earnings growth for the domestic steel industry despite a weaker global backdrop. Goldman believes the U.S. steel industry and the stocks are near or at the trough of the current cycle.
Growth has been strong in this scrap metals company, but estimates for next year are well off the highs.
Weaker steel prices and the sluggishness in China mar prospects of the Zacks Steel Producers industry. STLD, CMC and SID are well poised to navigate the current challenging environment.