For the quarter ended September 2025, Methanex (MEOH) reported revenue of $927 million, down 0.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.06, compared to $1.21 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -4.83% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $974 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.51, the EPS surprise was -88.24%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Methanex performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sales volume in tonnes - Methanex-produced methanol: 1,891.00 KTon versus the three-analyst average estimate of 1,926.87 KTon.
- Average realized methanol price ($/tonne): 345.00 $/Ton versus 342.08 $/Ton estimated by three analysts on average.
- Sales volume in tonnes - Total: 2,476.00 KTon versus 2,730.14 KTon estimated by three analysts on average.
- Sales volume in tonnes - Commission sales: 97.00 KTon versus 174.96 KTon estimated by three analysts on average.
- Sales volume in tonnes - Purchased methanol: 488.00 KTon versus 628.31 KTon estimated by three analysts on average.
- Production in tonnes - Canada (Medicine Hat): 140.00 KTon compared to the 220.52 KTon average estimate based on two analysts.
- Production in tonnes - Egypt (50% interest): 130.00 KTon versus the two-analyst average estimate of 166.12 KTon.
- Production in tonnes - New Zealand: 123.00 KTon versus 63.73 KTon estimated by two analysts on average.
- Production in tonnes - Trinidad: 203.00 KTon versus the two-analyst average estimate of 278.33 KTon.
- Production in tonnes - Chile: 224.00 KTon compared to the 241.93 KTon average estimate based on two analysts.
- Production in tonnes - Total: 2,300.00 KTon versus 2,186.58 KTon estimated by two analysts on average.
- Production in tonnes - USA (Geismar): 931.00 KTon versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1,163.46 KTon.
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Shares of Methanex have returned -13.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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