For the quarter ended June 2025, Fox (FOXA) reported revenue of $3.29 billion, up 6.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.27, compared to $0.90 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +5.8% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.11 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.01, the EPS surprise was +25.74%.
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 Fox performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Segment Revenues- Cable Network Programming: $1.53 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.45 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.5%.
- Segment Revenues- Television: $1.71 billion versus $1.63 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.7% change.
- Segment Revenues- Corporate and Other: $63 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $27.59 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +61.5%.
- Revenues- Cable Network Programming- Affiliate fee: $1.07 billion compared to the $1.06 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.9% year over year.
- Revenues- Cable Network Programming- Advertising: $378 million compared to the $319.91 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +15.2% year over year.
- Revenues by Component- Other: $301 million compared to the $228.02 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +33.2% year over year.
- Revenues- Television- Advertising: $700 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $655.72 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +3.1%.
- Revenues- Television- Affiliate fee: $840 million compared to the $838.99 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.6% year over year.
- Revenues- Television- Other: $167 million versus $136 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +33.6% change.
- Revenues by Component- Affiliate fee: $1.91 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.9 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2.6%.
- Revenues by Component- Advertising: $1.08 billion versus $975.96 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +7.1% change.
- Revenues- Cable Network Programming- Other: $86 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $64.43 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +38.7%.
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Shares of Fox have returned +3.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% 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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