What Happened?
Shares of electronics manufacturing services provider Benchmark (NYSE:BHE) fell 14.7% in the morning session after the company reported weak first quarter 2025 results: its revenue missed and its revenue and EPS guidance for the next quarter fell slightly short of Wall Street's estimates. Sales declined 6% year over year, driven by broad-based weakness across key sectors like Medical, Industrial, and Advanced Computing, with only the Aerospace and Semiconductor units posting growth. On the other hand, Benchmark beat analysts' EPS expectations this quarter. Still, this was a weaker quarter.
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What The Market Is Telling Us
Benchmark’s shares are somewhat volatile and have had 10 moves greater than 5% over the last year. But moves this big are rare even for Benchmark and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.
Benchmark is down 27.5% since the beginning of the year, and at $32.86 per share, it is trading 36.6% below its 52-week high of $51.83 from November 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Benchmark’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $1,591.
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