Alta Equipment (US:ALTG) ZACKS·2025-11-07 01:01Core Insights - Alta Equipment reported a quarterly loss of $1.31 per share, significantly worse than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.27, marking an earnings surprise of -385.19% [1] - The company's revenues for the quarter ended September 2025 were $422.6 million, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 7.86% and down from $448.8 million a year ago [2] - The stock has underperformed the market, losing about 7.2% since the beginning of the year compared to the S&P 500's gain of 15.6% [3] Financial Performance - Over the last four quarters, Alta Equipment has surpassed consensus EPS estimates only once [2] - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is -$0.26 on revenues of $494.3 million, and for the current fiscal year, it is -$1.40 on revenues of $1.86 billion [7] Industry Context - Alta Equipment operates within the Zacks Manufacturing - General Industrial industry, which is currently ranked in the bottom 37% of over 250 Zacks industries [8] - The performance of the stock may be influenced by the overall outlook for the industry, as research indicates that the top 50% of Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by more than 2 to 1 [8] Future Outlook - The sustainability of the stock's price movement will depend on management's commentary during the earnings call and the trends in earnings estimate revisions [3][4] - The estimate revisions trend for Alta Equipment was mixed ahead of the earnings release, resulting in a Zacks Rank 3 (Hold) for the stock, indicating expected performance in line with the market [6]