The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) and the rest of the heavy transportation equipment stocks fared in Q4.
The best-performing stocks typically have robust sales growth, increasing margins, and rising returns on capital,
and those that can maintain this trifecta year in and year out often become the legends of the investing world.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how heavy transportation equipment stocks fared in Q4, starting with Wabtec (NYSE:WAB).
Wrapping up Q4 earnings, we look at the numbers and key takeaways for the heavy transportation equipment stocks, including Wabash (NYSE:WNC) and its peers.
Large-cap stocks have the power to shape entire industries thanks to their size and widespread influence.
With such vast footprints, however, finding new areas for growth is much harder than for smaller, more agile players.
Let's have a look at what is happening on the US markets before the opening bell on Thursday. Below you can find the top S&P500 gainers and losers in today's pre-market session.
Trucking company PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales falling 14.3% year on year to $7.36 billion. Its GAAP profit of $1.66 per share was 1.5% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
