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Carrier Global Corporation · CARR · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025
Carrier raises guidance as heat pumps and aftermarket support growth
The current analysis supports a constructive but conditional view: resilient commercial HVAC, heat-pump adoption, data-center cooling, and aftermarket execution can support growth, but tariff pass-through, light-commercial weakness, and European demand are key tests.
Reported Before market openNYSEIndustrials
$45.34B market cap
80quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
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Consensus $0.57
EPS surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
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Consensus $5.19B
Revenue surprise
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Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
+11.6%
Event window
SPY move
+0.7%
Same window
Abnormal move
+10.9%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
1.9×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
+2.0%
Up to 20 sessions
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What changed
Relative to the prior analysis, guidance sentiment moved from maintained to raised. The current analysis places greater emphasis on accelerating European heat-pump demand, aftermarket attachment above 60%, Google-enabled home-energy management, and tariff mitigation.
Guidance delta
Management raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $3.00-$3.10 and maintained a mid-single-digit organic sales growth outlook.
Key takeaways
- Management described Q1 performance as ahead of expectations, with 27% adjusted EPS growth and strong cash generation.
- Heat-pump demand in Europe, commercial HVAC, data-center cooling, and aftermarket attachment rates were identified as growth supports.
- Tariff exposure of about $300 million is being addressed through pricing and productivity measures, while light-commercial weakness remains a concern.
Management priorities
- Expand commercial HVAC capacity in Charlotte and repurpose facilities.
- Scale heat-pump, home-energy management, and data-center cooling offerings.
- Improve aftermarket attachment rates and execute the Viessmann integration.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$55.83Previous close
$45Low
$67.31Average
$95High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 9, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernstein | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | May 28, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 14, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 1, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 1, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | May 1, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Apr 1, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Oct 14, 2025 |
| Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 30, 2025 |
| Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Upgrade | Feb 24, 2025 |
| Stephens & Co. | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 28, 2024 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 18, 2024 |
| TD Cowen | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 29, 2024 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 1, 2023 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Apr 12, 2023 |
| Keybanc | Overweight | Downgrade | Dec 13, 2022 | |
| Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 31, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 15, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Vertical Research | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 3, 2022 |
| Atlantic Equities | Neutral | Overweight | Downgrade | Apr 30, 2021 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $55.83. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernstein | Analyst unavailable | $64 | $56.1 | +14.6% | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Joe Ritchie | $74 | $55.38 | +32.5% | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $67 | $54.87 | +20.0% | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Analyst unavailable | $78 | $59.92 | +39.7% | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $68.15 | +43.3% | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $71.24 | +34.3% | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $79 | $67.17 | +41.5% | May 1, 2026 |
| BNP Paribas | Analyst unavailable | $62 | $64.32 | +11.1% | Apr 14, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $74 | $64.35 | +32.5% | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $52.74 | -1.5% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $53.67 | +25.4% | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Brett Linzey | $67 | $53.24 | +20.0% | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Barclays | Carrier Global to | $72 | $52.9 | +29.0% | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Wolfe Research | Analyst unavailable | $74 | $53.03 | +32.5% | Dec 9, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $54.66 | +25.4% | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Joseph O'Dea | $59 | $54.62 | +5.7% | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | Carrier Global to | $72 | $58.74 | +29.0% | Oct 29, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Brett Linzey | $75 | $56.75 | +34.3% | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $57.16 | +7.5% | Oct 14, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Carrier Global to | $72 | $59.47 | +29.0% | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Barclays | Julian Mitchell | $83 | $66.97 | +48.7% | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Joseph O'Dea | $75 | $68.21 | +34.3% | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Brett Linzey | $78 | $75.43 | +39.7% | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Stephens | Tommy Moll | $85 | $81.61 | +52.2% | Oct 16, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Timothy Wojs | $88 | $81.61 | +57.6% | Oct 14, 2024 |
| Jefferies | Stephen Volkmann | $95 | $80.42 | +70.2% | Oct 8, 2024 |
| Barclays | Julian Mitchell | $90 | $79.35 | +61.2% | Oct 2, 2024 |
| Bank of America Securities | Andrew Obin | $80 | $75.37 | +43.3% | Sep 13, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Timothy Wojs | $74 | $75.37 | +32.5% | Sep 13, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Christopher Snyder | $75 | $69.04 | +34.3% | Sep 6, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Deane Dray | $79 | $69.55 | +41.5% | Sep 5, 2024 |
| Bank of America Securities | Andrew Obin | $72 | $66.77 | +29.0% | Jul 29, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Noah Kaye | $70 | $64.83 | +25.4% | Jul 26, 2024 |
| CFRA | Stewart Glickman | $65 | $64.84 | +16.4% | Jul 25, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Carrier Global to Outperform | $75 | $66 | +34.3% | Jul 15, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Noah Kaye | $71 | $63.4 | +27.2% | Jun 27, 2024 |
| J.P. Morgan | Stephen Tusa | $53 | $54.42 | -5.1% | Oct 6, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $47 | $42.73 | -15.8% | Jan 6, 2023 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $53 | $42.52 | -5.1% | Dec 15, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $45 | $43.02 | -19.4% | Dec 9, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $46 | $43.9 | -17.6% | Dec 5, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Stephen Volkmann | $47 | $38.16 | -15.8% | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $45 | $39.18 | -19.4% | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $43 | $39.41 | -23.0% | Apr 29, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $52 | $39.27 | -6.9% | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Barclays | Julian Mitchell | $60 | $44.54 | +7.5% | Apr 5, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Joseph O'Dea | $50 | $47.98 | -10.4% | Feb 9, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Vlad Bystricky | $55 | $47.98 | -1.5% | Feb 9, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Stephen Volkmann | $65 | $47.66 | +16.4% | Jan 24, 2022 |
| Vertical Research | Jeffrey Sprague | $57 | $52.52 | +2.1% | Jan 3, 2022 |
| UBS | Markus Mittermaier | $61 | $53.4 | +9.3% | Dec 14, 2021 |
| Goldman Sachs | Joe Ritchie | $66 | $56.14 | +18.2% | Sep 10, 2021 |
| Wolfe Research | Nigel Coe | $61 | $55.93 | +9.3% | Sep 7, 2021 |
| KeyBanc | Jeffrey Hammond | $60 | $54.97 | +7.5% | Jul 30, 2021 |
| Cowen & Co. | Gautam Khanna | $58 | $53.66 | +3.9% | Jul 29, 2021 |
| Bank of America Securities | Andrew Obin | $57 | $43.41 | +2.1% | Apr 19, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationCarrier Global Corporation is a worldwide provider of advanced technological solutions covering heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, fire safety, security, and intelligent building automation. Its operations are structured across three primary business segments: HVAC, Refrigeration, and Fire & Security. The HVAC segment is dedicated to supplying products, controls, services, and complete solutions tailored to the heating, cooling, and ventilation requirements of both residential and commercial clients. Offerings in this area include air conditioning units, heating systems, various control mechanisms, aftermarket components, as well as post-installation repair, maintenance services, and building automation capabilities. The Refrigeration segment focuses on providing transport refrigeration and monitoring products and services. This includes digital solutions for diverse applications such as trucks, trailers, shipping containers, intermodal transport, food retail, and warehouse cooling.…
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- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-09T07:10:42.084012+00:00
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