Research Analysts Set Expectations for WGO FY2025 Earnings

Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WGO) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Winnebago Industries in a research report issued on Thursday, January 2nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the construction company will post earnings per share of $3.20 for the year, down from their prior forecast of $3.24. The consensus estimate for Winnebago Industries’ current full-year earnings is $3.52 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Winnebago Industries’ Q2 2026 earnings at $0.83 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.53 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.56 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also commented on WGO. DA Davidson dropped their price objective on shares of Winnebago Industries from $55.00 to $54.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, December 24th. StockNews.com cut shares of Winnebago Industries from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. BMO Capital Markets cut their price target on shares of Winnebago Industries from $75.00 to $70.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Northcoast Research raised shares of Winnebago Industries from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $75.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Truist Financial cut their target price on Winnebago Industries from $68.00 to $64.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $66.63.

Winnebago Industries Price Performance

Shares of Winnebago Industries stock opened at $49.23 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $1.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 164.11 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a current ratio of 2.44. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $55.68 and a 200-day moving average price of $56.52. Winnebago Industries has a one year low of $45.44 and a one year high of $74.10.

Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, December 20th. The construction company reported ($0.03) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.20 by ($0.23). Winnebago Industries had a return on equity of 7.97% and a net margin of 0.44%. The company had revenue of $625.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $672.23 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.06 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 18.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Wellington Management Group LLP purchased a new stake in shares of Winnebago Industries during the 3rd quarter valued at $7,750,000. Quantbot Technologies LP grew its stake in Winnebago Industries by 94.5% in the 3rd quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 64,291 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $3,736,000 after acquiring an additional 31,242 shares during the period. Vestcor Inc increased its stake in Winnebago Industries by 105.6% during the 3rd quarter. Vestcor Inc now owns 17,205 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,000,000 after buying an additional 8,837 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of Winnebago Industries by 25.4% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 855,507 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $49,714,000 after buying an additional 173,274 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Entropy Technologies LP grew its position in shares of Winnebago Industries by 89.2% in the third quarter. Entropy Technologies LP now owns 18,659 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $1,084,000 after purchasing an additional 8,796 shares in the last quarter.

Insider Activity at Winnebago Industries

In other Winnebago Industries news, SVP Bret A. Woodson sold 12,187 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $56.64, for a total transaction of $690,271.68. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 23,728 shares in the company, valued at $1,343,953.92. This represents a 33.93 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director William C. Fisher purchased 2,000 shares of Winnebago Industries stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 28th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $54.81 per share, with a total value of $109,620.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 32,267 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,768,554.27. This represents a 6.61 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 4.63% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Winnebago Industries Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 29th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, January 15th. Winnebago Industries’s dividend payout ratio is presently -206.06%.

Winnebago Industries Company Profile

Winnebago Industries, Inc manufactures and sells recreation vehicles and marine products primarily for use in leisure travel and outdoor recreation activities. The company operates through three segments: Towable RV, Motorhome RV, and Marine. It provides towable products that are non-motorized vehicles to be towed by automobiles, pickup trucks, SUVs, or vans for use as temporary living quarters for recreational travel, such as conventional travel trailers, fifth wheels, folding camper trailers, and truck campers under the Winnebago and Grand Design brand names.