For the quarter ended September 2025, Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (GO) reported revenue of $1.17 billion, up 5.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.21, compared to $0.28 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.16% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.18 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.19, the EPS surprise was +10.53%.
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 Grocery Outlet performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total Store: 563 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 561.
- Comparable store sales growth: 1.2% compared to the 1.9% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Number of new stores: 13 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 9.
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Shares of Grocery Outlet have returned -11.7% 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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