S&P Equity Research Picks Cummins Inc. Focus Stock of the Week
NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Cummins Inc. (CMI: $72) has been picked by Standard & Poor's Equity Research as its Focus Stock of the Week. CMI carries S&P's highest investment recommendation of 5-STARS, or Strong Buy.
"We expect Cummins to be a beneficiary of an improving U.S. and global economy over the next year," said Jim Corridore, Equity Industrials Analyst at Standard & Poor's Equity Research. "Our view is that the U.S. economy is set for sustained growth and is at the cusp of an earnings upcycle, though the timing of that recovery is still uncertain. The company's revenue mix among emerging markets should continue to grow over the next few years as well. This well-diversified mix of business also provides some insurance against a potentially slower recovery in North America than we are expecting, since Cummins derives over half of its revenues from outside North America."
Corridore believes the increasing volumes he foresees for the company over the next two years should provide significant leverage in its business model to drive improved margins and strong earnings growth. He thinks that the segments Cummins operates in—truck, industrial and farm equipment engines, power generation equipment, and industrial components—should all see strong improvement if the U.S. economy continues to recover from the 2008-2009 recession.
"We believe the time to buy cyclical stocks like Cummins is typically when earnings are poor, but bottoming, and likely to show improvement in future quarters," said Mr. Corridore. "Investors typically rotate into cyclical stocks in advance of and during a fundamental earnings recovery, and rotate out of them once earnings are peaking. We would argue that earnings bottomed for Cummins in 2009 and that now is the time to be entering the stock in anticipation of improved earnings."
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