CNH Industrial reports Q4 EPS 14c, consensus 19c

Reports Q4 revenue $4388B, consensus $4.92B. CEO Gerrit Marx said, “I applaud the CNH team’s dedication to achieve the tasks we gave ourselves to close 2024. As intended, Agriculture dealer inventory went down in Q4 by over $700 million due to focused retail sales support and 34% fewer production hours. Our proactive and ongoing efforts to align our business structure with the current industry environment have allowed us to deliver our products with reasonable margin erosion. The challenging market conditions will continue at least through the first half of 2025, and we will keep production levels fairly low by design to drive channel inventory down further. I am confident that our continuing efforts to simplify, streamline, and raise the quality of our operations prepare us well for the regional cycle dynamics ahead.”