GCM Grosvenor Inc. (GCMG) reported $134.97 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 9.8%. EPS of $0.19 for the same period compares to $0.16 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.38% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $131.84 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.17, the EPS surprise was +11.76%.
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 GCM Grosvenor performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Fee-paying AUM - Private Markets Strategies: $46.25 billion versus $46.3 billion estimated by four analysts on average.
- Fee-paying AUM Total: $70.19 billion versus $69.9 billion estimated by four analysts on average.
- Fee-paying AUM - Absolute Return Strategies: $23.94 billion compared to the $23.6 billion average estimate based on four analysts.
- Assets Under Management: $87 billion compared to the $87.47 billion average estimate based on two analysts.
- Other operating income: $3.58 million versus $1.39 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +228.4% change.
- Incentive fees: $25.47 million versus $22.67 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.3% change.
- Management fees: $105.92 million versus $104.57 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +7.5% change.
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Shares of GCM Grosvenor have returned -2.3% 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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