Textron (NYSE:TXT) Issues FY 2024 Earnings Guidance

Textron (NYSE:TXT) updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 5.400-5.600 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 6.110. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have commented on TXT shares. Morgan Stanley cut shares of Textron from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and set a $95.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Thursday, August 8th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Textron from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 12th. TD Cowen downgraded Textron from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $103.00 to $95.00 in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th. Bank of America upped their price objective on Textron from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 23rd. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on Textron from $84.00 to $87.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, July 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Textron has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $102.75.

Textron Price Performance

Shares of Textron stock opened at $86.84 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $87.94 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $88.23. Textron has a 12-month low of $74.13 and a 12-month high of $97.33. The firm has a market cap of $16.27 billion, a PE ratio of 18.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47.

Textron Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 1st. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a $0.02 dividend. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.09%. Textron’s payout ratio is presently 1.69%.

Textron Company Profile

Textron Inc operates in the aircraft, defense, industrial, and finance businesses worldwide. It operates through six segments: Textron Aviation, Bell, Textron Systems, Industrial, Textron eAviation, and Finance. The Textron Aviation segment manufactures, sells, and services business jets, turboprop and piston engine aircraft, and military trainer and defense aircraft; and offers maintenance, inspection, and repair services, as well as sells commercial parts.