NYSE:ATKRElectrical
Atkore (ATKR) Stock Price Jumps As Profit Returns On Fragile Base
Atkore entered this quarter with a reputation as a solid electrical infrastructure supplier but was dealing with fresh losses. The stock had already been on a strong run, yet the market’s reaction to Q3 was explosive. Shares jumped about 28% to roughly US$93.55 in regular trading after the release. The headline is not spectacular profit growth; it is that revenue reached about US$794.8m and earnings swung from a heavy recent loss to a small profit of roughly US$0.7m. For a company still...