Zacks Research Comments on Textron Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:TXT)

Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Textron in a research report issued on Wednesday, April 10th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the aerospace company will post earnings per share of $1.37 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.61. The consensus estimate for Textron’s current full-year earnings is $6.27 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Textron’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.65 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.93 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $1.82 EPS.

Textron (NYSE:TXT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 24th. The aerospace company reported $1.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.53 by $0.07. Textron had a net margin of 6.73% and a return on equity of 16.05%. The business had revenue of $3.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.97 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.07 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other research firms have also commented on TXT. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $98.00 target price on shares of Textron in a research note on Tuesday, January 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Textron from $84.00 to $85.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 20th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Textron from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $85.00 to $105.00 in a research report on Friday, March 8th. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Textron from $77.00 to $81.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, January 26th. Finally, Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Textron from $104.00 to $111.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $90.88.

Textron Stock Down 0.7 %

TXT stock opened at $93.96 on Monday. Textron has a 12 month low of $61.27 and a 12 month high of $97.33. The firm has a market cap of $18.08 billion, a PE ratio of 20.56, a P/E/G ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.30. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $91.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $82.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 1.92 and a quick ratio of 1.03.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Textron

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in TXT. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS increased its stake in shares of Textron by 6.6% during the 1st quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 29,493 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $2,194,000 after purchasing an additional 1,826 shares during the last quarter. Great West Life Assurance Co. Can increased its stake in shares of Textron by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Great West Life Assurance Co. Can now owns 55,591 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $4,331,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares during the last quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Textron by 0.7% in the 1st quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 26,689 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $1,985,000 after buying an additional 175 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Textron by 0.8% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 23,503,096 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $1,748,161,000 after buying an additional 177,502 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Covestor Ltd grew its stake in Textron by 52.6% in the 1st quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,506 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $112,000 after buying an additional 519 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.03% of the company’s stock.

Textron Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 15th were given a $0.02 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 14th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.09%. Textron’s payout ratio is 1.75%.

About Textron

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.