Columbus McKinnon sees Q2 revenue $250M-$260M, consensus $251.23M

Wilson concluded, “We had a solid start to the year with 5% sequential order growth, 7% year-over-year sales growth and sequential gross margin improvement that supports our objective to expand gross margin by 50 to 100 basis points for the year. Demand for our products and solutions combined with progress we are making to improve our customers’ experience are reflected in the over $500 million of new business we have booked in the last six months. This, along with the addition of montratec, drove record backlog of $355 million, further reinforcing our expectation to exceed $1 billion in revenue in fiscal 2024. Fundamentally, we are gaining more traction with our strategy to be the global leader of intelligent motion solutions for material handling and believe our results demonstrate this progress.”