For the quarter ended June 2025, Sunrun (RUN) reported revenue of $569.34 million, up 8.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.07, compared to $0.55 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.17% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $557.23 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.18, the EPS surprise was +694.44%.
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 Sunrun performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Storage Capacity Installed: 391.50 Mwh versus the four-analyst average estimate of 344.10 Mwh.
- Solar Capacity Installed: 227.20 MW versus the four-analyst average estimate of 200.11 MW.
- Solar Capacity Installed for Subscribers: 218.00 MW versus the four-analyst average estimate of 190.79 MW.
- Solar Capacity Installed for Purchase Customers: 9.30 MW versus 9.43 MW estimated by three analysts on average.
- Subscriber additions: 28,823 compared to the 25,419 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Customer additions: 30,810 compared to the 27,043 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenue- Customer agreements and incentives: $458 million compared to the $424.12 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +18.1% year over year.
- Revenue- Solar energy systems and product sales: $111.34 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $121.38 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -18.2%.
- Revenue- Solar energy systems: $37.87 million compared to the $57.84 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -31.5% year over year.
- Revenue- Incentives: $24.56 million versus $36.99 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -17.4% change.
- Revenue- Products: $73.46 million versus $66.4 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -9% change.
- Revenue- Customer agreements: $433.44 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $404.2 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +21%.
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Shares of Sunrun have returned -4.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.5% 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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