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Overview
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<li>Water infrastructure firm’s Q4 net sales rose 5%, beating analyst expectations</li>
<li>Company’s Q4 gross profit increased 19.2% yr/yr, setting a quarterly record</li>
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Outlook
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<li>Company anticipates full-year bidding activity to be consistent with 2025 levels</li>
<li>NWPX expects first-quarter performance to be stronger than recent years</li>
<li>Company sees stable demand in Precast segment supporting revenue and margin progress</li>
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Result Drivers
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<li>SELLING PRICE INCREASE - WTS segment saw a 26% rise in selling price per ton, boosting revenue despite lower production volumes</li>
<li>PRODUCT MIX CHANGES - Precast segment revenue grew due to an 8% increase in selling prices and 4% increase in volume shipped Company press release:</li>
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Key Details
Metric Beat/Mis Actual Consensu
s s
Estimate
Q4 Net Beat $125.64 $122.009
Sales mln mln (3
Analysts
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Q4 Net $8.88
Income mln
Q4 Gross $26.76
Profit mln
<h3>Q4 $13.03</h3>
Operatin mln
g Income
Analyst Coverage
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<li>The current average analyst rating on the shares is “buy” and the breakdown of recommendations is 1 “strong buy” or “buy”, 1 “hold” and no “sell” or “strong sell”</li>
<li>The average consensus recommendation for the iron &amp; steel peer group is “buy”</li>
<li>Wall Street’s median 12-month price target for NWPX Infrastructure Inc is $70.00, about 4.3% below its February 24 closing price of $73.15</li>
<li>The stock recently traded at 19 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 16 three months ago For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact . (This story was created using Reuters automation and AI based on LSEG and company data. It was checked and edited by a Reuters journalist prior to publication.)</li>
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NWPX Infrastructure Q4 net sales beat estimates