Sabre (SABR) reported $715.18 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 6.5%. EPS of -$0.01 for the same period compares to -$0.04 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.9% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $708.84 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.04, the EPS surprise was -125%.
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 Sabre performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Travel Solutions - Air Bookings: 80.54 million compared to the 81.48 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Travel Solutions - Total Bookings: 95.14 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of 95.85 million.
- Travel Solutions - Passengers Boarded: 182.21 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of 177.6 million.
- Travel Solutions - Lodging, Ground and Sea Bookings: 14.59 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of 14.38 million.
- Revenue- Travel Solutions- IT Solutions Revenue: $139.88 million compared to the $139.04 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.3% year over year.
- Revenue- Travel Solutions- Distribution Revenue: $575.31 million compared to the $569.69 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4.4% year over year.
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Shares of Sabre have returned +10.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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