Whirlpool Corp.
WHR,
said Tuesday it expects a full-year 2022 loss of $1.535 billion, or $27.50 a share, after a profit of $1.783 billion, or $28.36 a share, in the year-earlier period. The appliance maker expects its adjusted per-share earnings to come to $19.25, ahead of the $19.03 FactSet consensus. It expects sales to total $19.7 billion, down 10% from $21.9 billion a year ago, and below the $19.9 billion FactSet consensus. The quarter was hit by a “significantly one-off supply chain disruption,” mostly due to one critical supplier, which has since been resolved. The company offered the updated guidance as it announced the end of a strategic review of its EMEA business that resulted in an agreement to contribute its European major domestic appliance business into a newly formed entity with Turkey’s Arçelik A. Whirlpool will own 25% of the new entity, which will include Arçelik’s major domestic appliance, consumer electronics, air conditioning, and small domestic appliance businesses. The new entity is expected to have combined sales of more than 6 billion euros ($6.5 billion) and to generate synergies or more than 200 million euros. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2023. The stock was down 3% premarket and has fallen 29% in the last 12 months, while the S&P 500
SPX,
has fallen 14%.
