For the quarter ended September 2025, Magna (MGA) reported revenue of $10.06 billion, down 2.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.33, compared to $1.28 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.51% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.01 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.24, the EPS surprise was +7.26%.
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 Magna performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sales- Body Exteriors & Structures: $4.15 billion versus $3.95 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2.7% change.
- Sales- Power & Vision: $3.85 billion compared to the $3.8 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.4% year over year.
- Sales- Complete Vehicles: $1.09 billion compared to the $1.07 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -6.4% year over year.
- Sales- Corporate and Other: $-144 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-142.67 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +8.3%.
- Sales- Seating Systems: $1.52 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.33 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.2%.
- Adjusted EBIT- Body Exteriors & Structures: $305 million compared to the $267.49 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Adjusted EBIT- Power & Vision: $236 million versus $243.85 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBIT- Corporate & Other: $-19 million versus $-16.61 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBIT- Complete Vehicles: $29 million compared to the $16.1 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Adjusted EBIT- Seating Systems: $62 million versus $45.79 million estimated by three analysts on average.
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Shares of Magna have returned -7.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.1% 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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