ESAB Corporation Common Stock (ESAB)

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Shares of welding and cutting equipment manufacturer ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) fell 16.7% in the afternoon session after the company reported a decline in its second-quarter profit and underlying sales. The company's net income dropped to $66.88 million from $82.91 million a year earlier, and earnings per share also decreased. While acquisitions helped lift total sales by 1%, core organic sales, a key measure of underlying performance, actually slipped by 1%. A significant weak spot appeared in the Americas segment, where sales fell 9% from the prior year, a downturn the company attributed to tariff impacts. Despite these challenges, ESAB raised its full-year guidance, but investors appeared to concentrate on the erosion in profit and the sales weakness in a key region.

Welding and cutting equipment manufacturer ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2025, with sales up 1.2% year on year to $715.6 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.36 per share was 1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

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Welding and cutting equipment manufacturer ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q1 CY2025, but sales fell by 1.7% year on year to $678.1 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.31 per share was 8.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.