The company revised its guidance for the 2014 full year to $3.10 in earnings per share and $2.85 billion in revenue. The consensus estimates are $3.07 in earnings per share and revenue of $2.81 billion.
Net income for the third quarter was $146 million, compared to $136 million in the same period of the previous year.
The revenues for Garmin’s segments, compared to the third quarter from 2013, were:
- Automotive/Mobile revenues fell 5% to $307.5 million.
- Fitness revenues grew 43% to $116.1 million.
- Outdoor revenues increased 19% to $121.0 million.
- Aviation revenues increased 19% to $99.3 million.
- Marine revenues increased 12% to $62.1 million.
Garmin paid $319 million in income tax expense this past quarter, including the $308 million associated with the inter-company restructuring, as announced in July. Adjusting for these items, the effective tax rate for the quarter was 21%, compared to the previous year, which had a rate of 15.7%. The full-year tax rate for 2014 is expected to be 17%.
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The company also noted in the earnings release that it had fully executed its $300 million share repurchase plan.
President and CEO Cliff Pemble commented on the third quarter:
Our strong year continued with a third consecutive quarter of revenue, operating income and pro forma EPS growth. Our non-automotive/mobile segments delivered 24% revenue growth and 70% of our operating profits. We believe we are well positioned with our current product portfolio while also investing for long-term sustained growth through further innovation and diversification.
Goldman Sachs upgraded Garmin to a Buy rating from Neutral and raised its price target to $64 from $61. Credit Suisse initiated coverage of Garmin with a Neutral rating and a price target of $54.
Shares of Garmin closed Tuesday up 1% at $57.20. Following the release of the earnings report, the initial response in Wednesday’s premarket was negative and shares were down over 1% at $56.47. They opened at $54.90.
The consensus analyst price target is $58.79, and the 52-week trading range is $43.03 to $62.05. Garmin has a market cap of about $11 billion.
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