Dycom Industries (DY) reported $1.38 billion in revenue for the quarter ended July 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 14.5%. EPS of $3.33 for the same period compares to $2.46 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.3% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.4 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.86, the EPS surprise was +16.43%.
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 Dycom Industries performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Backlog: $8 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $8.56 billion.
- Revenue By Customer- Lumen Technologies (CenturyLink): $155.4 million versus $128.49 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.1% change.
- Revenue By Customer- AT&T Inc: $373 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $289.16 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +77.5%.
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Shares of Dycom Industries have returned -1.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.7% 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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