For the quarter ended June 2025, Carpenter Technology (CRS) reported revenue of $755.6 million, down 5.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.21, compared to $1.82 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $770.22 million, representing a surprise of -1.9%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +8.87%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.03.
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.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Carpenter performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Volumes Sold in Pounds - Specialty Alloys Operations: 46.87 million versus 47.04 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Volumes Sold in Pounds: 48.75 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 48.8 million.
- Volumes Sold in Pounds - Intersegment: -0.8 million compared to the -0.98 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Volumes Sold in Pounds - Performance Engineered Products: 2.67 million versus 2.75 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Net Sales- End-Use Market Excluding Surcharge Revenue- Total: $623.7 million compared to the $629.98 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.9% year over year.
- Net Sales- End-Use Market Excluding Surcharge Revenue- Surcharge revenue: $131.9 million versus $139.64 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -19% change.
- Net Sales- Intersegment: $-23.1 million compared to the $-26.06 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -18.4% year over year.
- Net Sales- Performance Engineered Products: $104.6 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $110.82 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -5.9%.
- Net Sales- Specialty Alloys Operations: $674.1 million compared to the $685.66 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -5.8% year over year.
- Operating Income- Corporate: $-26.9 million compared to the $-25.78 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Operating Income- Performance Engineered Products: $11.7 million compared to the $11.14 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Operating Income- Specialty Alloys Operations: $167 million compared to the $163.52 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Carpenter have returned +3.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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