Roth Capital Issues Negative Estimate for Snap-on Earnings

Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE:SNA) – Roth Capital cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Snap-on in a report issued on Friday, February 7th. Roth Capital analyst S. Stember now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $4.87 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $4.93. The consensus estimate for Snap-on’s current full-year earnings is $20.07 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Snap-on’s Q2 2025 earnings at $5.24 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $5.06 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $4.97 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $20.13 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $5.39 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $5.76 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $5.57 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $5.56 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $22.28 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on SNA. Roth Mkm raised their price objective on Snap-on from $324.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Barrington Research reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $350.00 price objective on shares of Snap-on in a research report on Monday. Tigress Financial raised their price objective on Snap-on from $336.00 to $385.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on Snap-on from $290.00 to $347.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Finally, Bank of America raised their price objective on Snap-on from $255.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $345.40.

Snap-on Stock Up 0.6 %

Snap-on stock opened at $340.38 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 4.15 and a quick ratio of 3.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.46, a PEG ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 0.99. Snap-on has a 1-year low of $252.98 and a 1-year high of $373.89. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $347.29 and a 200-day moving average price of $320.10.

Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $4.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.78 by $0.04. Snap-on had a return on equity of 19.20% and a net margin of 21.71%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $4.75 EPS.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Nicholas T. Pinchuk sold 21,783 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $354.83, for a total value of $7,729,261.89. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 769,738 shares in the company, valued at approximately $273,126,134.54. This represents a 2.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Aldo John Pagliari sold 6,909 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $347.62, for a total value of $2,401,706.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 100,668 shares in the company, valued at $34,994,210.16. This represents a 6.42 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 32,192 shares of company stock worth $11,400,978. Corporate insiders own 4.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Aurora Investment Counsel increased its holdings in Snap-on by 0.9% in the third quarter. Aurora Investment Counsel now owns 3,549 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,028,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Greenleaf Trust increased its holdings in Snap-on by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Greenleaf Trust now owns 1,013 shares of the company’s stock valued at $344,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. increased its holdings in Snap-on by 70.5% in the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 75 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the last quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Snap-on by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 727 shares of the company’s stock valued at $247,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the last quarter. Finally, New York Life Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Snap-on by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC now owns 7,106 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,412,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the last quarter. 84.88% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Snap-on

Snap-on Incorporated manufactures and markets tools, equipment, diagnostics, and repair information and systems solutions for professional users worldwide. It operates through Commercial & Industrial Group, Snap-on Tools Group, Repair Systems & Information Group, and Financial Services segments.