Whirlpool Corporation manufactures and markets home appliances and related products and services in the North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The company's principal products include refrigerators, freezers, ice makers, and refrigerator water filters; laundry appliances, and commercial laundry products and related laundry accessories; cooking and other small domestic appliances; and dishwasher appliances and related accessories, as well as mixers. It markets and distributes its products primarily under the Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, JennAir, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, Hotpoint, Indesit, InSinkErator, Yummly, Affresh, Gladiator, Swash, everydrop, Ignis, Privileg, Eslabon de Lujo, and Acros brands. The company sells its products to retailers, distributors, dealers, builders, and other manufacturers, as well as directly to consumers. Whirlpool Corporation was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Whirlpool Corporation

Key Points
- Non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.34 for Q2 2025 missed analyst expectations by 20.2%, while GAAP revenue fell short by 1.9%.
- Sales declined 5.4% compared to the prior year quarter, and free cash flow remained deeply negative.
- Management reaffirmed full-year guidance.
Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR), a global leader in kitchen and laundry appliances, released its Q2 2025 results on July 28, 2025. The company reported $1.34 in ongoing earnings per share (a non-GAAP measure), underperforming the $1.68 non-GAAP consensus estimate. Revenue (GAAP) came in at $3,773 million, also missing analyst expectations of $3,846.88 million (GAAP). Both figures represented a decline versus the same period (Q2 2024), with GAAP net sales down 5.4% year over year and ongoing earnings per share (non-GAAP) falling by 43.9% year over year. Management characterized the quarter as pressured by ongoing competition from Asian imports and muted consumer demand, but maintained its full-year outlook.
Metric
Q2 2025
Q2 2025 Estimate
Q2 2024
Y/Y Change
EPS (Non-GAAP)
$1.34
$1.68
$2.39
(43.9%)
EPS (GAAP)
$1.17
$3.96
(70.5%)
Revenue
$3,773 million
$3,846.88 million
$3,989 million
(5.4%)
Ongoing EBIT Margin
5.3%
5.3%
0.0 pts
Free Cash Flow (Non-GAAP)
($856 million)
($713 million)
(143 million)
Source: Analyst estimates provided by FactSet. Management expectations based on management's guidance, as provided in Q1 2025 earnings report.
Business Overview and Strategic Focus
The company manufactures and sells a broad range of household appliances. Its core product families include major domestic appliances—such as refrigerators, ovens, and washing machines—as well as small domestic appliances like blenders and espresso machines.
It has recently focused on several key areas: reshaping its business portfolio, accelerating product innovation, and optimizing costs across global operations. The company divested low-margin or slower-growth operations, launched over 100 new products in 2024, and executed ongoing cost savings initiatives.
Quarter Review: Financial and Operational Performance
The quarter was marked by shortfalls in both profit and revenue compared to expectations and last year’s performance. Ongoing earnings per share fell to $1.34 from $2.39 in Q2 2024. Operating cash flow (GAAP) and free cash flow (non-GAAP) were both negative, with free cash flow (non-GAAP) at ($856 million) for the first six months of 2025 compared to ($713 million) in the prior-year period. This reflected continued outflows tied to working capital and inventory increases.
The company’s operating margin—a gauge of profit as a share of sales—remained level at 5.3% (ongoing EBIT margin, non-GAAP). Despite margin stability, net earnings dropped sharply, with GAAP net earnings falling by 70.5% year-over-year. A $19 million loss from its Beko Europe equity investment added a one-time drag to the results. Segment details showed North American major appliance sales declined by 4.7%, with earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) down 11.7% year-over-year, as promotional activity remained high and competition from Asian imports weighed down volumes. Latin America recorded a 10.0% sales decline. In Asia, sales fell 5.9% year-over-year but profits rose 11.2% year-over-year. The Small Domestic Appliances division saw net sales growth of 7.9% in Q1 2025, with sales up 7.5% year-over-year and EBIT jumping 32.9% on strong new product momentum.
The company continued to reshape its business by focusing away from Europe, following a transaction with Arçelik to exit its European major appliance operations. Portfolio simplification remains a priority, though lingering legacy costs continue to affect reported results. New product launches were a recurring theme, with the best-in-class KitchenAid induction cooktop and JennAir built-in wall oven among those highlighted. These helped sustain direct-to-consumer sales growth, especially in small appliances.
On capital structure, it refinanced $1.2 billion in term debt at an interest rate of approximately 6.3%. Net debt remains elevated, and the company’s cash reserves fell to $1.07 billion (GAAP). At the same time, it recommended an annual dividend payout of $3.60 per share, keeping the quarterly dividend at $0.90, and ongoing cash burn will require close monitoring as the year progresses.
Outlook and Investor Considerations
Looking ahead, management reaffirmed its FY2025 guidance: ongoing (non-GAAP) earnings per share between $6.00 and $8.00, and ongoing EBIT margin of approximately 5.7% (non-GAAP), with free cash flow (non-GAAP) guidance set at $400 million for the full year. The company’s leadership has stated that cost-saving actions are expected to fully offset expected tariff headwinds, which have been a key topic for the industry this year.
The company’s leadership did not announce changes to its quarterly dividend. Management did not provide detailed quarterly margin or segment guidance. Investors will want to watch for changes in cash flow, debt repayment progress, and the pace of inventory normalization as the back half of the year unfolds.
Revenue and net income presented using U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) unless otherwise noted.
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Whirlpool Misses Fiscal Q2 Earnings Mark

Monday, July 28, 2025
Markets lost a bit of steam mid-session this Monday, but a late surge into the close brought the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes to new record closing highs. The Dow dipped slightly: -64 points, -0.14%, while the S&P 500 grew a mere 1 point, +0.02%, and the Nasdaq came up +70 points, +0.33%. The small-cap Russell 2000 also finished the day slightly in the red: -4 points, -0.19%.
From April 9th lows — the day President Trump put a pause on his draconian tariff policy with nearly all U.S. trading partners — we see sizable gains across the board: the Dow +16%, the Russell 2000 +21%, the S&P 500 +23% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq, carrying the lion’s share of the AI trade which has led markets all year, is up close to +30% over these 16 some-odd weeks.
Earnings Reports After Today’s Close
Electronic design automation software company Cadence Design Systems CDNS is up big after an impressive showing in its Q2 report released after the closing bell. Earnings of $1.65 per share improved over the $1.57 in the Zacks consensus, which itself depicted growth of more than +22% year over year. Revenues of $1.28 billion neatly overtook estimates of $1.26 billion — also up big year over year. Guidance for full-year 2025 is the icing on the cake. Shares are up +7.5% in late trading at this hour.
Household durable goods manufacturer Whirlpool WHR, on the other hand, missed expectations on its bottom line by two solid dimes to $1.34 per share, while meeting the $3.77 billion in the Zacks consensus exactly on the top line. North America orders outperformed expectations, but still came in -4.6% year over year. Full-year guidance for earnings is well off what analysts had previous thought, and have come down on the top line too. Shares have fallen -12.5% in the after market.
What to Expect from the Stock Market on Tuesday
Tomorrow will be a big day for both earnings releases and economic reports. A new U.S. Trade Balance joins Retail/Wholesale Inventories for June, Case-Shiller Home Prices for May, Consumer Confidence for July and a new JOLTS (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey) report, also for June.
Of these, the JOLTS report marks the first metric hitting the tape for “Jobs Week,” albeit a month in arrears from jobs data coming out later in the week. Expectations are for 7.5 million job openings last month, down from the 7.74 million reported a month ago — the highest month of the year, bouncing off March near-term lows of 7.2 million. Accommodation and Food Services, particularly in the South, had by far the most amount of job openings in last month’s report.
Q2 earnings also revs up Tuesday morning, when we hear from Boeing BA, Procter & Gamble PG, Merck MRK, UnitedHealth UNH, PayPal PYPL and UPS UPS, all in the morning. After tomorrow’s close, we’ll get results from Starbucks SBUX and Visa V.
Finally, the first day of the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings commence. On Wednesday, the Fed will decide on new interest rate policy, but there is a more than +95% chance that no move is made on the 4.25-4.50% Fed funds rate we’ve seen since December of last year. Expect to hear from President Trump on this matter, however.
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(RTTNews) - Whirlpool Corp. (WHR) revealed earnings for second quarter that Drops, from last year
The company's bottom line totaled $65 million, or $1.17 per share. This compares with $219 million, or $3.96 per share, last year.
The company's revenue for the period fell 5.4% to $3.773 billion from $3.989 billion last year.
Whirlpool Corp. earnings at a glance (GAAP) :
-Earnings: $65 Mln. vs. $219 Mln. last year. -EPS: $1.17 vs. $3.96 last year. -Revenue: $3.773 Bln vs. $3.989 Bln last year.
-Guidance: Full year EPS guidance: $6.00 - $8.00
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Whirlpool Corp. Profit Declines In Q2

Whirlpool (WHR) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.34 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.54 per share. This compares to earnings of $2.39 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -12.99%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this maker of Maytag, KitchenAid and other appliances would post earnings of $1.76 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.7, delivering a surprise of -3.41%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times.
Whirlpool, which belongs to the Zacks Household Appliances industry, posted revenues of $3.77 billion for the quarter ended June 2025, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.06%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $3.99 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates just once over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Whirlpool shares have lost about 12.9% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.6%.
What's Next for Whirlpool?
While Whirlpool has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Whirlpool was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $2.41 on $3.94 billion in revenues for the coming quarter and $8.41 on $15.52 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Household Appliances is currently in the top 39% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
One other stock from the broader Zacks Consumer Discretionary sector, Bally's (BALY), is yet to report results for the quarter ended June 2025.
This casino operator is expected to post quarterly loss of $0.23 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +72.3%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 3.1% higher over the last 30 days to the current level.
Bally's' revenues are expected to be $653.85 million, up 5.2% from the year-ago quarter.
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Whirlpool (WHR) Misses Q2 Earnings Estimates

We tiptoe into one of the busiest weeks of the year — not only because Q2 earnings season shifts into a higher gear, but because this is the week that gives us a new Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting and Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report (PCE is the Fed’s preferred gauge on inflation). It’s also Jobs Week, because June JOLTS, ADP ADP private-sector payrolls for July, Weekly Jobless Claims and the always-important Employment Situation report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Q2 Earnings Outlook This Week
Again, we’re starting slow in this busy week, but Q2 earnings season sets up to bring us four of the “Magnificent 7” stock earnings reports between now and Thursday afternoon: Microsoft MSFT and Meta Platforms META on Wednesday after the bell and Apple AAPL and Amazon AMZN a day later. We’ll see Cadence Design Systems CDNS and Whirlpool WHR report after today’s closing bell.
This week also brings us important mainstays on the earnings front such as Procter & Gamble PG, Starbucks SBUX and Visa V tomorrow, Ford F and Qualcomm QCOM Wednesday and ExxonMobil XOM Friday morning. In all, 164 companies of the S&P 500 will have posted earnings results by Friday, August 1st.
Fed Unlikely to Lower Rates on Wednesday
Despite President Trump’s long and very visible campaign to change Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s mind about the ongoing Fed funds rate — it’s been at +4.25-4.50% since December of last year, meaning for the entirely of Trump’s second term so far — due to a relative equilibrium having been reached in the Fed’s dual mandate. An Unemployment Rate of +4.1% and an Inflation Rate at +2.7% (up from +2.3% reached a couple months ago) demonstrate current rates are having their desired effect.
That said, Fed Governors Chris Waller and Miki Bowman are likely to file the first dissents in some time from the ongoing narrative about interest rates at the conclusion of the upcoming FOMC meeting Wednesday afternoon. There’s only a 2% chance the Fed has enough votes to cut to outstrip Powell’s opinion to keep interest rates where they are. After an August break, September’s odds go up to +67% for a 25 basis-point (bps) cut.
This is expected to once again raise Trump’s hackles, although perhaps his early-week successes — a trade deal with the EU and ongoing negotiations with China in Stockholm, Sweden — will soothe the president somewhat. Any big, unexpected changes to PCE or the labor market this week — say a sub-100K read on monthly employment, a negative Q2 GDP or a near-+3% year over year PCE — will happen too late for the Fed to pivot on its final decision on rates this summer.
Labor Market Solid… but Weakening?
We don’t see it in continually shrinking Initial Jobless Claims per week (back down to 217K last Thursday), but this week’s jobs figures ought to help answer several questions raised in last week’s Jobs Week reports: ADP private sector payrolls posted a negative -33K jobs filled in June, the first negative print in more than two years.
And, while that Friday’s subsequent BLS report came in at +147K, more than half of those new jobs came from State & Local Government. What that means is that only around 70K new jobs were filled in June outside government hires; 70K isn’t enough to cover the monthly deluge of retiring Baby Boomers and older GenX. So another leg down here — as well as a Continuing Jobless Claims tally closing in on 2 million per week — would change the narrative of the U.S. having a strong labor market, thereby reviving the idea that the Fed needs to cut rates.
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Heavy-Duty Earnings Week Commences

Monday, July 28, 2025
We tiptoe into one of the busiest weeks of the year — not only because Q2 earnings season shifts into a higher gear, but because this is the week that gives us a new Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting and Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report (PCE is the Fed’s preferred gauge on inflation). It’s also Jobs Week, because June JOLTS, ADP ADP private-sector payrolls for July, Weekly Jobless Claims and the always-important Employment Situation report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Q2 Earnings Outlook This Week
Again, we’re starting slow in this busy week, but Q2 earnings season sets up to bring us four of the “Magnificent 7” stock earnings reports between now and Thursday afternoon: Microsoft MSFT and Meta Platforms META on Wednesday after the bell and Apple AAPL and Amazon AMZN a day later. We’ll see Cadence Design Systems CDNS and Whirlpool WHR report after today’s closing bell.
This week also brings us important mainstays on the earnings front such as Procter & Gamble PG, Starbucks SBUX and Visa V tomorrow, Ford F and Qualcomm QCOM Wednesday and ExxonMobil XOM Friday morning. In all, 164 companies of the S&P 500 will have posted earnings results by Friday, August 1st.
Fed Unlikely to Lower Rates on Wednesday
Despite President Trump’s long and very visible campaign to change Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s mind about the ongoing Fed funds rate — it’s been at +4.25-4.50% since December of last year, meaning for the entirely of Trump’s second term so far — due to a relative equilibrium having been reached in the Fed’s dual mandate. An Unemployment Rate of +4.1% and an Inflation Rate at +2.7% (up from +2.3% reached a couple months ago) demonstrate current rates are having their desired effect.
That said, Fed Governors Chris Waller and Miki Bowman are likely to file the first dissents in some time from the ongoing narrative about interest rates at the conclusion of the upcoming FOMC meeting Wednesday afternoon. There’s only a 2% chance the Fed has enough votes to cut to outstrip Powell’s opinion to keep interest rates where they are. After an August break, September’s odds go up to +67% for a 25 basis-point (bps) cut.
This is expected to once again raise Trump’s hackles, although perhaps his early-week successes — a trade deal with the EU and ongoing negotiations with China in Stockholm, Sweden — will soothe the president somewhat. Any big, unexpected changes to PCE or the labor market this week — say a sub-100K read on monthly employment, a negative Q2 GDP or a near-+3% year over year PCE — will happen too late for the Fed to pivot on its final decision on rates this summer.
Labor Market Solid… but Weakening?
We don’t see it in continually shrinking Initial Jobless Claims per week (back down to 217K last Thursday), but this week’s jobs figures ought to help answer several questions raised in last week’s Jobs Week reports: ADP private sector payrolls posted a negative -33K jobs filled in June, the first negative print in more than two years.
And, while that Friday’s subsequent BLS report came in at +147K, more than half of those new jobs came from State & Local Government. What that means is that only around 70K new jobs were filled in June outside government hires; 70K isn’t enough to cover the monthly deluge of retiring Baby Boomers and older GenX. So another leg down here — as well as a Continuing Jobless Claims tally closing in on 2 million per week — would change the narrative of the U.S. having a strong labor market, thereby reviving the idea that the Fed needs to cut rates.
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Big Week for Jobs, Earnings and the Fed

Jakks Pacific (JAKK) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.03 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.38 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.65 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +107.89%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this toymaker would post a loss of $0.72 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.03, delivering a surprise of +95.83%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times.
Jakks, which belongs to the Zacks Toys - Games - Hobbies industry, posted revenues of $119.09 million for the quarter ended June 2025, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 7.8%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $148.62 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates two times over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Jakks shares have lost about 26.2% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.1%.
What's Next for Jakks?
While Jakks has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Jakks was unfavorable. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to underperform the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and the current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $3.52 on $315.72 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $2.34 on $691.25 million in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Toys - Games - Hobbies is currently in the bottom 6% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
One other stock from the broader Zacks Consumer Discretionary sector, Whirlpool (WHR), is yet to report results for the quarter ended June 2025. The results are expected to be released on July 28.
This maker of Maytag, KitchenAid and other appliances is expected to post quarterly earnings of $1.54 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -35.6%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 5.1% lower over the last 30 days to the current level.
Whirlpool's revenues are expected to be $3.77 billion, down 5.5% from the year-ago quarter.
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Jakks Pacific (JAKK) Surpasses Q2 Earnings Estimates

Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weighted average implied analyst target price for the ETF itself. For the WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund ETF (Symbol: DON), we found that the implied analyst target price for the ETF based upon its underlying holdings is $56.14 per unit.
With DON trading at a recent price near $50.69 per unit, that means that analysts see 10.75% upside for this ETF looking through to the average analyst targets of the underlying holdings. Three of DON's underlying holdings with notable upside to their analyst target prices are Reynolds Consumer Products Inc (Symbol: REYN), Whirlpool Corp (Symbol: WHR), and Herc Holdings Inc (Symbol: HRI). Although REYN has traded at a recent price of $21.83/share, the average analyst target is 20.25% higher at $26.25/share. Similarly, WHR has 11.97% upside from the recent share price of $96.16 if the average analyst target price of $107.67/share is reached, and analysts on average are expecting HRI to reach a target price of $147.57/share, which is 11.48% above the recent price of $132.38. Below is a twelve month price history chart comparing the stock performance of REYN, WHR, and HRI:
Below is a summary table of the current analyst target prices discussed above:
Name
Symbol
Recent Price
Avg. Analyst 12-Mo. Target
% Upside to Target
WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund ETF
DON
$50.69
$56.14
10.75%
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc
REYN
$21.83
$26.25
20.25%
Whirlpool Corp
WHR
$96.16
$107.67
11.97%
Herc Holdings Inc
HRI
$132.38
$147.57
11.48%
Are analysts justified in these targets, or overly optimistic about where these stocks will be trading 12 months from now? Do the analysts have a valid justification for their targets, or are they behind the curve on recent company and industry developments? A high price target relative to a stock's trading price can reflect optimism about the future, but can also be a precursor to target price downgrades if the targets were a relic of the past. These are questions that require further investor research.
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Surprising Analyst 12-Month Target For DON

Whirlpool (WHR) closed the most recent trading day at $96.16, moving -4.74% from the previous trading session. The stock fell short of the S&P 500, which registered a gain of 0.32% for the day. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.53%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 0.26%.
The maker of Maytag, KitchenAid and other appliances's shares have seen an increase of 10.6% over the last month, surpassing the Consumer Discretionary sector's gain of 5.77% and the S&P 500's gain of 4.51%.
Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of Whirlpool in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to be unveiled on July 28, 2025. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $1.64, marking a 31.38% fall compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, the latest consensus estimate predicts the revenue to be $3.84 billion, indicating a 3.8% decrease compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
For the annual period, the Zacks Consensus Estimates anticipate earnings of $8.68 per share and a revenue of $15.5 billion, signifying shifts of -28.91% and -6.7%, respectively, from the last year.
Investors should also pay attention to any latest changes in analyst estimates for Whirlpool. Such recent modifications usually signify the changing landscape of near-term business trends. Therefore, positive revisions in estimates convey analysts' confidence in the business performance and profit potential.
Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. To exploit this, we've formed the Zacks Rank, a quantitative model that includes these estimate changes and presents a viable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which varies between #1 (Strong Buy) and #5 (Strong Sell), carries an impressive track record of exceeding expectations, confirmed by external audits, with stocks at #1 delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant. Right now, Whirlpool possesses a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
Looking at its valuation, Whirlpool is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 11.63. This valuation marks no noticeable deviation compared to its industry average Forward P/E of 11.63.
The Household Appliances industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 96, this industry ranks in the top 39% of all industries, numbering over 250.
The strength of our individual industry groups is measured by the Zacks Industry Rank, which is calculated based on the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within these groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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Whirlpool (WHR) Stock Drops Despite Market Gains: Important Facts to Note

Key Points
Interest rate-sensitive stocks came under pressure today.
Whirlpool faces some challenging near-term conditions.
In the longer term, Whirlpool should be a winner from the tariff conflict.
Shares in household appliances company Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) declined by more than 5.5% by 3 p.m. ET today. Outside a rise in market interest rates (the 10-year Treasury rate is now up to almost 4.5%, putting pressure on interest rate-sensitive stocks like Whirlpool), there's no stock-specific reason for the decline.
Whirlpool's challenging 2025
Investors in Whirlpool can expect more volatility leading up to its second-quarter earnings report on July 29. While the stock has had an impressive run-up over the last three months (up 26%), it still faces significant near-term headwinds. Not only are interest rates stubbornly high and negatively impacting the housing market and therefore, demand for higher-margin discretionary purchases of household appliances, but the tariff conflict and the fear of further tariffs have likely caused Asian competitors to push products into the U.S. market.
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It all creates an uncertain near-term trading environment in a company with a dividend that cost $384 million in cash last year, $4.8 billion in debt (with $1.85 billion maturing in 2025), and pressure on its full-year guidance for $500 million to $600 million in free cash flow in 2025.
Long-term potential
As such, don't be surprised if Whirlpool cuts its dividend this year. That said, it might turn out to be a positive for the stock, as it would help alleviate some uncertainty surrounding debt repayment. Moreover, considering the longer term, Whirlpool is highly likely to be a winner from the trade conflict, as management views the Trump administration as leveling the playing field that has been tilted against Whirlpool over time.
It's a curious mix of near-term risk and long-term opportunity, but today, the market focuses on the former.
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