Autoliv, Inc. (ALV) reported $2.71 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.9%. EPS of $2.32 for the same period compares to $1.84 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.1% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.62 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.10, the EPS surprise was +10.48%.
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.
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 Autoliv performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Organic change - Airbags, Steering Wheels and Other: 3.6% compared to the 0% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Organic change - Total: 3.9% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 0.4%.
- Organic change - Seatbelt Products and Other: 4.5% compared to the -1.1% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Net Sales- Americas: $897 million versus $835.83 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.4% change.
- Net Sales- Europe: $745 million versus $729.46 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6.4% change.
- Net Sales- Asia excl. China: $538 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $522 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +5.9%.
- Net Sales- China: $526 million versus $493.51 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6.3% change.
- Net Sales- Seatbelt Products and Other: $875 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $825.51 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.8%.
- Net Sales- Airbags, Steering Wheels and Other: $1.83 billion versus $1.76 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.4% change.
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Shares of Autoliv have returned -4.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.7% 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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