JOY was clocked for an 11% hit on Wednesday based on cautious comments on the FY4Q11 CC that I would not even characterize as bearish but were interpreted as such, evidently:
The Milwaukee-based company forecast 2012 earnings of $7.00-$7.40 a share and revenue of $5.3-$5.5 billion. Analysts were expecting earnings of $7.19 a share and revenue of $5.36 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
In other words, JOY gave FY2012 guidance that beat the Street consensus. From the same newswire:
Joy Global's outlook indicates it expects revenue to grow by about 23 percent in 2012, slower than the 25 percent growth in 2011.