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Investing.com – Embraer ADR (NYSE:ERJ) rose 5% Friday as the maker of military and business jets returned to profitability in the second quarter and restored its guidance, saying the second half of 2021 will have higher deliveries than the first.
The company expects commercial jet deliveries of 45 to 50 aircraft and handover of 90 to 95 executive jets in 2021. Consolidated revenue is seen in a range of $4 billion to $4.5 billion.
The guidance came after the company delivered 14 commercial and 20 executive jets in the June quarter, bringing the first-half deliveries to 23 commercial and 33 executive jets.
Embraer had delivered 4 commercial and 13 executive jets in the June quarter of 2020.
Adjusted net income was $43.6 million compared to a loss of $198.8 million in last year’s quarter. Adjusted earnings per ADS came at 24 cents.
This is the company’s first quarterly adjusted net profit reported since the first quarter of 2018.
Revenue more than doubled to $1.13 billion, comfortably beating the analysts’ estimate of $ 981.61 million.
