Seaport Res Ptn Issues Optimistic Forecast for ROCK Earnings

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROCK - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lifted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Gibraltar Industries in a report issued on Wednesday, April 30th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst W. Liptak now anticipates that the construction company will post earnings of $4.92 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $4.91. The consensus estimate for Gibraltar Industries' current full-year earnings is $4.91 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Gibraltar Industries' Q1 2026 earnings at $1.11 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.51 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.34 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.72 EPS.

Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The construction company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $290.02 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $296.77 million. Gibraltar Industries had a net margin of 10.49% and a return on equity of 13.19%. Gibraltar Industries's revenue was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.80 EPS.

Separately, StockNews.com raised Gibraltar Industries from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Thursday, February 20th.

Gibraltar Industries Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:ROCK traded up $2.49 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $58.02. The company's stock had a trading volume of 344,529 shares, compared to its average volume of 216,047. Gibraltar Industries has a fifty-two week low of $48.96 and a fifty-two week high of $81.90. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.98 and a beta of 1.22. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $58.62 and its 200 day simple moving average is $62.61.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Gibraltar Industries

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Sei Investments Co. increased its holdings in shares of Gibraltar Industries by 37.8% during the 4th quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 27,373 shares of the construction company's stock worth $1,612,000 after purchasing an additional 7,513 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Gibraltar Industries by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 854,821 shares of the construction company's stock valued at $50,359,000 after acquiring an additional 15,889 shares during the period. Barclays PLC increased its stake in Gibraltar Industries by 93.8% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 103,324 shares of the construction company's stock valued at $7,226,000 after acquiring an additional 50,017 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers raised its holdings in Gibraltar Industries by 4.7% in the 4th quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 95,220 shares of the construction company's stock valued at $5,608,000 after acquiring an additional 4,280 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Gibraltar Industries by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,990,179 shares of the construction company's stock worth $176,122,000 after acquiring an additional 15,201 shares during the period. 98.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Gibraltar Industries Company Profile

Gibraltar Industries, Inc manufactures and provides products and services for the renewable energy, residential, agtech, and infrastructure markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Renewables, Residential, Agtech, and Infrastructure. The Renewables segment designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs solar racking and electrical balance of systems for commercial and distributed generation scale solar installations.