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Chris Higgins
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Textron Beats 4Q Consensus EPS; 2019 Outlook Features Profit Growth, but Shares Look Fairly Valued

No-moat Textron reported fourth-quarter 2018 earnings that beat consensus expectations, which sent shares up. Management's 2019 outlook featured year-over-year profit growth (after excluding the gains on a divestment) but the company guided to basically flat cash flows versus 2018 due to lower progress payments tied to Bell military programs. We're maintaining our $55 fair value estimate; the name looks slightly undervalued at a price/fair value ratio of around 0.95. 
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Textron Inc.

Textron is a multi-industry company. The company's segments include: Textron Aviation, which manufactures, sells and services Beechcraft and Cessna aircraft, and services the Hawker brand of business jets; Bell, which supplies military and commercial helicopters, tiltrotor aircraft, and related spare parts and services; Textron Systems, which includes unmanned systems, marine and land systems, and simulation, training and other; Industrial, which designs and manufactures a variety of products within fuel systems and functional components and specialized vehicles product lines; and Finance, which provides financing to purchasers of new and pre-owned Textron Aviation aircraft and Bell helicopters.

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