If only investing were as easy as saying "crop prices are strong, so buy stocks like Potash (NYSE:POT), Deere (NYSE:DE) and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN)." Although global crop prices were indeed strong in 2011, they were actually fairly weak in the latter half of the year and quite a few ag-related stocks have been weak as well. Making matters worse, Lindsay's irrigation business is almost as volatile as the commodities themselves, making this a consummate feast-or-famine type of equity.
A Good Start to the Year
Lindsay doesn't often do as expected; surprises good and bad are more the norm. In this quarter, it was a good surprise - revenue rose 34% and easily topped the high end of the analyst guesses. Growth was driven by the irrigation business where revenue climbed 68% on fairly equal growth in domestic and international sales. The almost equally volatile infrastructure business saw revenue drop 37%, due in large part to shortfalls in the Quick Moveable Barrier (QMB) business.
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