Why Arcosa Stock Popped 12% on Earnings
Shares of Arcosa (NYSE: ACA) surged by 12.2% through 1:46 p.m. ET Friday after the Dallas-based construction products company reported a sizable first-quarter earnings beat. Heading into earnings, analysts had forecast Arcosa would earn $0.55 per share on sales of just over $500 million. Revenues grew only 3% in the quarter, but that apparent weakness was mainly because the company sold off its storage tanks business last quarter, meaning those revenues went away.