What To Expect From Mohawk Industries’s (MHK) Q1 Earnings

Flooring manufacturer Mohawk Industries (NYSE:MHK) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after the bell. Here's what you need to know.

Last quarter Mohawk Industries reported revenues of $2.61 billion, down 1.4% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 1.8%. It was a good quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analysts' revenue estimates.

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This quarter analysts are expecting Mohawk Industries's revenue to decline 5.6% year on year to $2.65 billion, improvement on the 6.9% year-over-year decrease in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.68 per share. Mohawk Industries Total Revenue

Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company missed Wall St's revenue estimates twice over the last two years.

Looking at Mohawk Industries's peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some of them have already reported Q1 earnings results, giving us a hint what we can expect. Nike delivered top-line growth of 0.3% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 1.1% and Carnival reported revenues up 22% year on year, inline with analysts estimates. Nike traded down 7% on the results, Carnival was down 4.1%.

Read our full analysis of Nike's results here and Carnival's results here.

Inflation progressed towards the Fed's 2% goal at the end of 2023, leading to strong stock market performance. The start of 2024 has been a bumpier ride, as the market switches between optimism and pessimism around rate cuts due to mixed inflation data, and while some of the consumer discretionary stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share price declining 4.1% over the last month. Mohawk Industries is down 9.3% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with with analyst price target of $125.8, compared to share price of $113.44.

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