For the quarter ended June 2025, Comstock Resources (CRK) reported revenue of $470.26 million, up 90.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.13, compared to -$0.20 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $415.32 million, representing a surprise of +13.23%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +44.44%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.09.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Comstock performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Average natural gas price: $3.02 compared to the $3.26 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Average natural gas price including hedging: $3.06 compared to the $3.23 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Total Production: 112,238.00 MMcfe compared to the 115,997.70 MMcfe average estimate based on two analysts.
- Production - Oil-Total: 13.00 MBBL compared to the 9.06 MBBL average estimate based on two analysts.
- Average oil price: $57.00 compared to the $62.07 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Production - Natural gas-Total: 112,164.00 MMcf versus 115,943.40 MMcf estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenues- Oil sales: $0.74 million versus $0.87 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -31% change.
- Revenues- Natural gas sales: $339.23 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $396.16 million.
View all Key Company Metrics for Comstock here>>>
Shares of Comstock have returned -16.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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