Scientific instrument company Bruker (NASDAQ: BRKR). will be reporting earnings this Monday before market open. Here’s what you need to know.
Bruker beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 4.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $801.4 million, up 11% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ organic revenue estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ full-year EPS guidance estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Bruker’s revenue to grow 1.1% year on year to $809.2 million, slowing from the 17.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.42 per share.
Heading into earnings, analysts covering the company have mixed opinions about the business, with revenue estimates seeing 3 upward and 4 downward revisions over the last 30 days. Bruker has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Bruker’s peers in the research tools & consumables segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Mettler-Toledo delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 3.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.9%, and Thermo Fisher reported revenues up 3%, topping estimates by 1.6%. Mettler-Toledo traded down 3% following the results while Thermo Fisher was up 11.3%.
Read our full analysis of Mettler-Toledo’s results here and Thermo Fisher’s results here.
Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the research tools & consumables stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.3% on average over the last month. Bruker is down 6.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $54.82 (compared to the current share price of $38.74).
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