Why Whirlpool Stock Just Crashed

Shares of industrial giant Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) are tumbling in early afternoon trading Thursday, down 9.5% as of 12:55 p.m. EST.

Heading into Q4, analysts had forecast that Whirlpool would earn $6.07 per share in pro forma profit on quarterly sales of $5.6 billion. In fact, Whirlpool ended up earning $6.64 per share, though, and on sales of $5.8 billion. So this is a curious reaction investors are having to news that Whirlpool just beat on both sales and earnings -- but it is what it is.  

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