Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (NYSE:ERJ) Announces Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.46 EPS

Key Points

• Embraer reported a quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of ($0.02), missing analysts' expectations by ($0.46).
• The company's FY 2025 guidance has been updated, although specific figures were not disclosed.
• Shares of Embraer fell to $57.32 after trading down $0.50 during the announcement.

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (NYSE:ERJ - Get Free Report) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The aerospace company reported ($0.02) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by ($0.46), Zacks reports. Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica had a net margin of 6.02% and a return on equity of 16.43%. Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica Price Performance

Shares of ERJ stock traded down $0.50 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $57.32. 1,727,870 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,782,502. Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica has a fifty-two week low of $26.87 and a fifty-two week high of $61.65. The stock's fifty day moving average is $52.04 and its two-hundred day moving average is $47.85. The company has a market cap of $10.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.54 and a beta of 1.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 0.59.

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a -- dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 16th were given a dividend of $0.049 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 16th. Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica's dividend payout ratio is presently 2.31%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently commented on ERJ shares. Hsbc Global Res upgraded Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 4th. UBS Group reissued a "sell" rating and set a $39.00 target price (up previously from $35.00) on shares of Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. HSBC raised Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $45.00 to $57.00 in a report on Wednesday, June 4th. Wolfe Research raised Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica from a "peer perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $64.00 target price for the company in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica from $54.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, May 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $52.67.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its position in Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (NYSE:ERJ - Free Report) by 98.2% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,508 shares of the aerospace company's stock after acquiring an additional 747 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp's holdings in Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica were worth $70,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 34.65% of the company's stock.

Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica Company Profile

Embraer SA designs, develops, manufactures, and sells aircraft and systems in North America, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Brazil, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through Commercial Aviation; Defense & Security; Executive Aviation; Services & Support; and Other segments. The Commercial Aviation segment designs, develops, manufactures, and sells commercial jets, as well as leases aircraft.

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