For the quarter ended September 2025, TopBuild (BLD) reported revenue of $1.39 billion, up 1.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $5.36, compared to $5.68 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.64% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.38 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $5.22, the EPS surprise was +2.68%.
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 TopBuild performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Specialty Distribution: $608.89 million versus $608.22 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.4% change.
- Net Sales- Installation: $858.26 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $864.17 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +0.2%.
- Net Sales- Intercompany eliminations: $-74 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-85.1 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -11.4%.
- Operating profit, as reported- Installation: $166.76 million compared to the $163.38 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Operating profit, as reported- Specialty Distribution: $87.11 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $87.38 million.
- Operating profit, as reported- General corporate expense, net: $-24.15 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-11.69 million.
- Operating profit, as reported- Intercompany eliminations: $-14.71 million versus $-13.94 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of TopBuild have returned +6.3% 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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