Snap-on Announces First Quarter 2026 Results

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organic sales financial

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gross margin financial

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basis points financial

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capital expenditures financial

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Sales of $1,207.2 million up 5.8% from Q1 2025, organic sales up 3.4%;

Gross margin of 50.4%, including 40 basis points of unfavorable currency effects, compares to 50.7% last year;

Tools segment sales up 5.0% from a year ago, organic sales up 3.4%

KENOSHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE: SNA), a leading global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of tools, equipment, diagnostics, repair information and systems solutions for professional users performing critical tasks, today announced operating results for the first quarter of 2026.

• Net sales of $1,207.2 million in the first quarter of 2026 represented an increase of $66.1 million, or 5.8%, from 2025 levels, reflecting a $39.2 million, or 3.4%, organic sales gain and $26.9 million of favorable foreign currency translation.
• Operating earnings before financial services for the quarter of $250.8 million compared to $243.1 million last year. As a percentage of net sales, operating earnings before financial services were 20.8% including 40 basis points of unfavorable foreign currency effects and compared to 21.3% in 2025.
• Financial services revenue in the quarter of $101.1 million compared to $102.1 million in 2025; financial services operating earnings of $68.0 million compared to $70.3 million last year.
• Consolidated operating earnings for the quarter of $318.8 million compared to $313.4 million in 2025. As a percentage of revenues (net sales plus financial services revenue), consolidated operating earnings were 24.4% in the first quarter compared to 25.2% last year.
• The first quarter effective income tax rate was 22.0% in 2026 and 22.2% in 2025.
• Net earnings in the quarter of $247.0 million, or $4.69 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $240.5 million, or $4.51 per diluted share, a year ago.

See “Non-GAAP Measures” below for a definition of, and further explanation about, organic sales.

“Our first quarter was encouraging, led by robust sales growth with customers in critical industries and improved activity in the U.S. Tools Group, both demonstrating our considerable momentum despite the ongoing and ever-evolving turbulence,” said Nick Pinchuk, Snap-on chairman and chief executive officer. “While meaningful headwinds persist, including broad uncertainty among our technician customer base in the U.S., international supply chain disruptions, and a number of global conflicts, we are confident in the strength, resilience, and criticality of our markets. In addition, we remain focused on wielding and building the power inherent in our products, in our brands, and in our people, continuing to invest in these corridors of advantage even in the midst of these increasingly difficult times. We believe our results show the diverse opportunities along our runways for growth both within automotive repair and with customers outside the garage. In that regard, we’ve maintained our actions to match the current preference of vehicle technicians for quick payback items and to extend our penetration of critical industries with effective customized solutions. At the same time, we’re leveraging our Snap-on Value Creation Processes to proceed through the challenges of today, driving improvements across the organization that we expect will author substantial and sustained gains as we move forward. As always, I want to thank our franchisees and associates worldwide for their notable contributions to our progress, for their unwavering dedication to our team, and for their steadfast belief in the significant potential of our future.”

Segment Results

Commercial & Industrial Group segment sales of $381.0 million in the quarter compared to $343.9 million last year, reflecting a $25.2 million, or 7.1%, organic sales gain and $11.9 million of favorable foreign currency translation. The organic increase includes higher sales in each of the segment’s operations, led by improved activity with customers in critical industries and in the specialty torque business.

Operating earnings of $54.9 million in the period compared to $53.2 million in 2025. The operating margin (operating earnings as a percentage of segment sales) of 14.4%, including 50 basis points of unfavorable currency effects, compared to 15.5% last year.

Snap-on Tools Group segment sales of $486.0 million in the quarter compared to $462.9 million last year, reflecting a $15.9 million, or 3.4%, organic sales increase and $7.2 million of favorable foreign currency translation. The organic gain is due to higher sales both in the U.S. and in the segment’s international operations.

Operating earnings of $105.0 million in the period compared to $92.4 million in 2025. The operating margin of 21.6% improved 160 basis points from 20.0% a year ago.

Repair Systems & Information Group segment sales of $485.3 million in the quarter compared to $475.9 million in 2025, primarily reflecting $9.1 million of favorable foreign currency translation. On an organic basis, increased sales of diagnostic and repair information products to independent repair shop owners and managers were offset by lower activity with OEM dealerships, while undercar equipment was essentially flat.

Operating earnings of $119.5 million in the period compared to $122.1 million in 2025. The operating margin of 24.6%, including 60 basis points of unfavorable currency effects, compared to 25.7% last year.

Financial Services operating earnings of $68.0 million on revenue of $101.1 million in the quarter compared to operating earnings of $70.3 million on revenue of $102.1 million last year. Originations of $264.6 million in the first quarter represented a decrease of $4.1 million, or 1.5%, from 2025 levels.

Corporate expenses in the first quarter of $28.6 million compared to $24.6 million last year.

Outlook

We believe that our markets and our operations possess and have demonstrated continuing and considerable resilience against the uncertainties of the current environment. Snap-on expects to make ongoing progress along its decisive runways for coherent growth, leveraging capabilities already proven in the automotive repair arena, developing and expanding its professional customer base, not only in automotive repair, but in adjacent markets, additional geographies and other areas, including extending in critical industries, where the cost and penalties for failure are high. In pursuit of these initiatives, we project that capital expenditures in 2026 will approximate $100 million, of which $21.2 million was incurred in the first three months of the year.

Snap-on currently anticipates that its full-year 2026 effective income tax rate will be in the range of 22% to 23%.

Conference Call and Webcast on April 23, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time

A discussion of this release will be webcast on Thursday, April 23, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time, and a replay will be available for at least 10 days following the call. To access the webcast, visit https://www.snapon.com/EN/Investors/Investor-Events and click on the link to the call. The slide presentation accompanying the call can be accessed under the Downloads tab in the webcast viewer, as well as on the Snap-on website at https://www.snapon.com/EN/Investors/Financial-Information/Quarterly-Earnings.

Non-GAAP Measures

References in this release to “organic sales” refer to sales from continuing operations calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), adjusted to exclude acquisition-related sales and the impact of foreign currency translation. Management evaluates the company’s sales performance based on organic sales growth, which primarily reflects growth from the company’s existing businesses as a result of increased output, expanded customer base, geographic expansion, new product development and pricing changes, and excludes sales contributions from acquired operations the company did not own as of the comparable prior-year reporting period. Organic sales also exclude the effects of foreign currency translation as foreign currency translation is subject to volatility that can obscure underlying business trends. Management believes that the non-GAAP financial measure of organic sales is meaningful to investors as it provides them with useful information to aid in identifying underlying growth trends in the company’s businesses and facilitates comparisons of its sales performance with prior periods.

About Snap-on

Snap-on Incorporated is a leading global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of tools, equipment, diagnostics, repair information and systems solutions for professional users performing critical tasks including those working in vehicle repair, aerospace, the military, natural resources, and manufacturing. From its founding in 1920, Snap-on has been recognized as the mark of the serious and the outward sign of the pride and dignity working men and women take in their professions. Products and services are sold through the company’s network of widely recognized franchisee vans, as well as through direct and distributor channels, under a variety of notable brands. The company also provides financing programs to facilitate the sales of its products and to support its franchise business. Snap-on, an S&P 500 company, generated sales of $4.7 billion in 2025, and is headquartered in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Forward-looking Statements

Statements in this news release that are not historical facts, including statements that (i) are in the future tense; (ii) include the words “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “approximates,” or similar words that reference Snap-on or its management; (iii) are specifically identified as forward-looking; or (iv) describe Snap-on’s or management’s future outlook, plans, estimates, objectives or goals, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Snap-on cautions the reader that this news release may contain statements, including earnings projections, that are forward-looking in nature and were developed by management in good faith and, accordingly, are subject to risks and uncertainties regarding Snap-on’s expected results that could cause (and in some cases have caused) actual results to differ materially from those described or contemplated in any forward-looking statement. Factors that may cause the company’s actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements include those found in the company’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the information under the “Safe Harbor” and “Risk Factors” headings in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2026, which are incorporated herein by reference. Snap-on disclaims any responsibility to update any forward-looking statement provided in this news release, except as required by law.

SNAP-ON INCORPORATED Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Amounts in millions, except per share data) (Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended
	April 4,				March 29,
		2026				2025
Net sales	$	1,207.2			$	1,141.1
Cost of goods sold		(598.9	)			(562.6	)
Gross profit		608.3				578.5
Operating expenses		(357.5	)			(335.4	)
Operating earnings before financial services		250.8				243.1
Financial services revenue		101.1				102.1
Financial services expenses		(33.1	)			(31.8	)
Operating earnings from financial services		68.0				70.3
Operating earnings		318.8				313.4
Interest expense		(12.4	)			(12.4	)
Other income (expense) – net		16.8				14.4
Earnings before income taxes		323.2				315.4
Income tax expense		(69.7	)			(68.7	)
Net earnings		253.5				246.7
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests		(6.5	)			(6.2	)
Net earnings attributable to Snap-on Incorporated	$	247.0			$	240.5
Net earnings per share attributable to Snap-on Incorporated:
Basic	$	4.76			$	4.59
Diluted		4.69				4.51
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic		51.9				52.4
Effect of dilutive securities		0.8				0.9
Diluted		52.7				53.3

SNAP-ON INCORPORATED Supplemental Segment Information (Amounts in millions) (Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended
	April 4,				March 29,
		2026				2025
Net sales:
Commercial & Industrial Group	$	381.0			$	343.9
Snap-on Tools Group		486.0				462.9
Repair Systems & Information Group		485.3				475.9
Segment net sales		1,352.3				1,282.7
Intersegment eliminations		(145.1	)			(141.6	)
Total net sales		1,207.2				1,141.1
Financial Services revenue		101.1				102.1
Total revenues	$	1,308.3			$	1,243.2
Operating earnings:
Commercial & Industrial Group	$	54.9			$	53.2
Snap-on Tools Group		105.0				92.4
Repair Systems & Information Group		119.5				122.1
Financial Services		68.0				70.3
Segment operating earnings		347.4				338.0
Corporate		(28.6	)			(24.6	)
Operating earnings		318.8				313.4
Interest expense		(12.4	)			(12.4	)
Other income (expense) – net		16.8				14.4
Earnings before income taxes	$	323.2			$	315.4

SNAP-ON INCORPORATED Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Amounts in millions) (Unaudited)
	April 4,				January 3,
		2026				2026
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,753.3			$	1,624.5
Trade and other accounts receivable – net		890.7				881.4
Finance receivables – net		598.2				590.2
Contract receivables – net		127.4				130.0
Inventories – net		1,020.5				1,025.2
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		157.6				151.5
Total current assets		4,547.7				4,402.8
Property and equipment – net		547.7				552.3
Operating lease right-of-use assets		89.9				83.7
Deferred income tax assets		74.3				72.5
Long-term finance receivables – net		1,273.3				1,298.8
Long-term contract receivables – net		417.6				423.1
Goodwill		1,102.1				1,109.5
Other intangible assets – net		267.2				270.7
Pension assets		173.3				173.8
Other long-term assets		23.3				25.1
Total assets	$	8,516.4			$	8,412.3
Liabilities and Equity
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt	$	316.2			$	16.2
Accounts payable		253.6				229.1
Accrued benefits		69.7				64.7
Accrued compensation		66.2				77.2
Franchisee deposits		64.4				66.2
Other accrued liabilities		519.0				465.1
Total current liabilities		1,289.1				918.5
Long-term debt		886.9				1,186.4
Deferred income tax liabilities		92.8				87.0
Retiree health care benefits		17.2				17.7
Pension liabilities		81.7				85.7
Operating lease liabilities		67.9				61.8
Other long-term liabilities		97.7				98.4
Total liabilities		2,533.3				2,455.5
Equity
Shareholders' equity attributable to Snap-on Incorporated
Common stock		67.5				67.5
Additional paid-in capital		575.1				578.5
Retained earnings		8,257.4				8,137.5
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(375.9	)			(354.8	)
Treasury stock at cost		(2,566.0	)			(2,496.9	)
Total shareholders' equity attributable to Snap-on Incorporated		5,958.1				5,931.8
Noncontrolling interests		25.0				25.0
Total equity		5,983.1				5,956.8
Total liabilities and equity	$	8,516.4			$	8,412.3

SNAP-ON INCORPORATED Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Amounts in millions) (Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended
	April 4,				March 29,
		2026				2025
Operating activities:
Net earnings	$	253.5			$	246.7
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
Depreciation		19.7				18.3
Amortization of other intangible assets		5.3				5.7
Provisions for losses on finance receivables		18.3				18.2
Provisions for losses on non-finance receivables		5.1				5.8
Stock-based compensation expense		6.8				4.5
Deferred income tax provision		3.8				3.7
Loss on sales of assets		0.1				—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of the acquisition:
Trade and other accounts receivable		(17.1	)			(33.4	)
Contract receivables		6.5				2.9
Inventories		3.0				(3.0	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(7.9	)			(9.4	)
Accounts payable		29.4				18.5
Accrued and other liabilities		42.2				20.0
Net cash provided by operating activities		368.7				298.5
Investing activities:
Additions to finance receivables		(218.4	)			(218.9	)
Collections of finance receivables		215.9				210.7
Capital expenditures		(21.2	)			(22.9	)
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired		(5.1	)			—
Disposals of property and equipment		0.4				0.1
Other		(0.2	)			(1.0	)
Net cash used by investing activities		(28.6	)			(32.0	)
Financing activities:
Net increase in other short-term borrowings		0.4				4.5
Cash dividends paid		(126.8	)			(112.2	)
Purchases of treasury stock		(99.9	)			(87.2	)
Proceeds from stock purchase plans and stock option exercises		30.6				18.3
Other		(15.4	)			(17.0	)
Net cash used by financing activities		(211.1	)			(193.6	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(0.2	)			1.5
Increase in cash and cash equivalents		128.8				74.4
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		1,624.5				1,360.5
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	1,753.3			$	1,434.9
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Cash paid for interest	$	(13.8	)		$	(13.6	)
Net cash paid for income taxes		(19.4	)			(19.8	)

Non-GAAP Supplemental Data

The following non-GAAP supplemental data is presented for informational purposes to provide readers with insight into the information used by management for assessing the operating performance of Snap-on Incorporated's ("Snap-on") non-financial services ("Operations") and Financial Services businesses.

The supplemental Operations data reflects the results of operations and financial position of Snap-on's tools, diagnostics, equipment products, software, and other non-financial services operations with Financial Services presented on the equity method. The supplemental Financial Services data reflects the results of operations and financial position of Snap-on's U.S. and international financial services operations. The financing needs of Financial Services are met through intersegment borrowings and cash generated from Operations; Financial Services is charged interest expense on intersegment borrowings at market rates. Income taxes are charged to Financial Services on the basis of the specific tax attributes generated by the U.S. and international financial services businesses. Transactions between the Operations and Financial Services businesses are eliminated to arrive at the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

SNAP-ON INCORPORATED Non-GAAP Supplemental Consolidating Data - Supplemental Condensed Statements of Earnings (Amounts in millions) (Unaudited)
	Operations*								Financial Services
	Three Months Ended								Three Months Ended
	April 4,				March 29,				April 4,				March 29,
		2026				2025				2026				2025
Net sales	$	1,207.2			$	1,141.1			$	—			$	—
Cost of goods sold		(598.9	)			(562.6	)			—				—
Gross profit		608.3				578.5				—				—
Operating expenses		(357.5	)			(335.4	)			—				—
Operating earnings before financial services		250.8				243.1				—				—
Financial services revenue		—				—				101.1				102.1
Financial services expenses		—				—				(33.1	)			(31.8	)
Operating earnings from financial services		—				—				68.0				70.3
Operating earnings		250.8				243.1				68.0				70.3
Interest expense		(12.4	)			(12.4	)			—				—
Intersegment interest income (expense) – net		17.0				17.0				(17.0	)			(17.0	)
Other income (expense) – net		16.8				14.4				—				—
Earnings before income taxes and equity earnings		272.2				262.1				51.0				53.3
Income tax expense		(57.0	)			(55.4	)			(12.7	)			(13.3	)
Earnings before equity earnings		215.2				206.7				38.3				40.0
Financial services – net earnings attributable to Snap-on Incorporated		38.3				40.0				—				—
Net earnings		253.5				246.7				38.3				40.0
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests		(6.5	)			(6.2	)			—				—
Net earnings attributable to Snap-on Incorporated	$	247.0			$	240.5			$	38.3			$	40.0
* Snap-on with Financial Services presented on the equity method.

SNAP-ON INCORPORATED Non-GAAP Supplemental Consolidating Data - Supplemental Condensed Balance Sheets (Amounts in millions) (Unaudited)
	Operations*								Financial Services
	April 4,				January 3,				April 4,				January 3,
		2026				2026				2026				2026
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,752.8			$	1,624.1			$	0.5			$	0.4
Intersegment receivables		15.5				20.3				—				—
Trade and other accounts receivable – net		889.1				880.2				1.6				1.2
Finance receivables – net		—				—				598.2				590.2
Contract receivables – net		4.9				4.9				122.5				125.1
Inventories – net		1,020.5				1,025.2				—				—
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		159.2				154.7				12.8				11.2
Total current assets		3,842.0				3,709.4				735.6				728.1
Property and equipment – net		545.1				549.8				2.6				2.5
Operating lease right-of-use assets		84.8				78.4				5.1				5.3
Investment in Financial Services		396.1				400.3				—				—
Deferred income tax assets		47.2				45.4				27.1				27.1
Intersegment long-term notes receivable		794.0				815.0				—				—
Long-term finance receivables – net		—				—				1,273.3				1,298.8
Long-term contract receivables – net		7.1				8.0				410.5				415.1
Goodwill		1,102.1				1,109.5				—				—
Other intangible assets – net		267.2				270.7				—				—
Pension assets		173.3				173.8				—				—
Other long-term assets		42.4				44.1				0.3				0.3
Total assets	$	7,301.3			$	7,204.4			$	2,454.5			$	2,477.2
Liabilities and Equity
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt	$	16.5			$	16.2			$	299.7			$	—
Accounts payable		252.0				227.6				1.6				1.5
Intersegment payables		—				—				15.5				20.3
Accrued benefits		69.7				64.6				—				0.1
Accrued compensation		64.1				74.2				2.1				3.0
Franchisee deposits		64.4				66.2				—				—
Other accrued liabilities		501.2				455.1				32.2				24.4
Total current liabilities		967.9				903.9				351.1				49.3
Long-term debt and intersegment long-term debt		—				—				1,680.9				2,001.4
Deferred income tax liabilities		92.8				87.0				—				—
Retiree health care benefits		17.2				17.7				—				—
Pension liabilities		81.7				85.7				—				—
Operating lease liabilities		62.4				56.3				5.5				5.5
Other long-term liabilities		96.2				97.0				20.9				20.7
Total liabilities		1,318.2				1,247.6				2,058.4				2,076.9
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to Snap-on Incorporated		5,958.1				5,931.8				396.1				400.3
Noncontrolling interests		25.0				25.0				—				—
Total equity		5,983.1				5,956.8				396.1				400.3
Total liabilities and equity	$	7,301.3			$	7,204.4			$	2,454.5			$	2,477.2
* Snap-on with Financial Services presented on the equity method.

 

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