For the quarter ended June 2025, Avantor, Inc. (AVTR) reported revenue of $1.68 billion, down 1.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.24, compared to $0.25 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.68 billion, representing a surprise of +0.38%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -4%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.25.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
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 Avantor performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- Bioscience Production: $561.3 million versus $568.43 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2.6% change.
- Revenue- Laboratory Solutions: $1.12 billion compared to the $1.11 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -2.9% year over year.
- Adjusted Operating Income- Laboratory Solutions: $133.3 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $144.2 million.
- Adjusted Operating Income- Corporate: $-20.8 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $-17.99 million.
- Adjusted Operating Income- Bioscience Production: $139.7 million versus $134.75 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Avantor have returned -3.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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