For the quarter ended August 2025, Conagra Brands (CAG) reported revenue of $2.63 billion, down 5.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.39, compared to $0.53 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.89% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.61 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.33, the EPS surprise was +18.18%.
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 Conagra Brands performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales growth - Grocery & Snacks: -8.7% compared to the -10.1% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Net Sales growth - Refrigerated & Frozen: -0.9% versus -3.6% estimated by four analysts on average.
- Price/Mix - Foodservice: 3.8% compared to the 2% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Volume (Organic) - Foodservice: -3.6% compared to the -3.3% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Price/Mix - International: 1.7% versus the four-analyst average estimate of 3.1%.
- Volume (Organic) - International: -5.2% versus the four-analyst average estimate of -2.9%.
- Net Sales growth - International: -18% versus the four-analyst average estimate of -9.7%.
- Net Sales growth - Foodservice: -0.8% compared to the -1.3% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Sales- Grocery & Snacks: $1.08 billion versus $1.06 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -8.7% change.
- Sales- Foodservice: $264.5 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $263.17 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.8%.
- Sales- International: $212.3 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $238.18 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -18.1%.
- Sales- Refrigerated & Frozen: $1.08 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $1.05 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.9%.
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Shares of Conagra Brands have returned -2.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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