Dec 1 (Reuters) - Donaldson Company Inc DCI.N :
* DONALDSON COMPANY REPORTS RECORD FISCAL FIRST QUARTER 2022
SALES
AND EPS
* Q1 EARNINGS PER SHARE $0.61
* Q1 SALES $760.9 MILLION VERSUS $636.6 MILLION
* Q1 2022 OPERATING MARGIN INCREASED TO 14.1% FROM 13.7% IN
2021
* DONALDSON INCREASES FISCAL 2022 SALES AND EPS GUIDANCE
* RAISING OUR FISCAL 2022 SALES AND EARNINGS OUTLOOK
* MACRO-ECONOMIC HEADWINDS ARE CREATING A DIFFERENT PATH TO
ACHIEVING OUR RESULTS THAN WE PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED
* DONALDSON COMPANY - GROSS MARGIN IS UNDER ADDITIONAL
PRESSURE AS
RAW MATERIAL, FREIGHT, AND LABOR COSTS HAVE CLIMBED BEYOND OUR
ORIGINAL EXPECTATIONS
* TO PARTIALLY MITIGATE PRESSURE BY RAISING PRICES IN MOST
MARKETS
* FISCAL 2022 GAAP EPS IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN $2.57
AND
$2.73
* SALES GROWTH DURING FIRST HALF OF YEAR IS EXPECTED TO
OUTPACE
SECOND HALF OF YEAR
* CURRENCY TRANSLATION IS EXPECTED TO BE A NOMINAL HEADWIND
IN
FY22
* FY22 NET SALES ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE BETWEEN 8% AND
12%
YEAR-OVER-YEAR
* Q1 REVENUE VIEW $745.4 MILLION, EARNINGS PER SHARE VIEW
$0.55 --
REFINITIV IBES DATA
* FY2022 REVENUE VIEW $3.10 BILLION, EARNINGS PER SHARE VIEW
$2.62
-- REFINITIV IBES DATA
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