What To Expect From Solventum's (SOLV) Q4 Earnings

Healthcare solutions provider Solventum (NYSE:SOLV) will be reporting earnings tomorrow afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.

Solventum beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.10 billion, flat year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ organic revenue estimates.

This quarter, the market is expecting Solventum’s revenue to decline 5.5% year on year, a reversal from the 1.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Solventum has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.

Looking at Solventum’s peers in the surgical equipment & consumables - diversified segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. STERIS delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 9.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.1%, and Zimmer Biomet reported revenues up 10.9%, topping estimates by 0.9%. STERIS traded down 7.7% following the results while Zimmer Biomet was up 6.6%.

Investors in the surgical equipment & consumables - diversified segment have had fairly steady hands going into earnings, with share prices down 1.9% on average over the last month. Solventum is down 5.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $89.25 (compared to the current share price of $74.04).

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