W&T (WTI) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

W&T Offshore (WTI) reported $127.52 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.1%. EPS of -$0.05 for the same period compares to -$0.17 a year ago.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $141.18 million, representing a surprise of -9.68%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +58.33%, with the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.12.

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 W&T performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Average daily equivalent sales per day: 35,600.00 Boe/d versus 35,040.88 Boe/d estimated by two analysts on average.
• Net sales volumes - Natural Gas: 10,159.00 MMcf compared to the 9,534.01 MMcf average estimate based on two analysts.
• Net sales volumes - NGLs: 280.00 MBBL versus the two-analyst average estimate of 226.28 MBBL.
• Net sales volumes - Total oil and natural gas: 3,275.00 MBoe versus 3,223.85 MBoe estimated by two analysts on average.
• Net sales volumes - Oil: 1,302.00 MBBL compared to the 1,408.73 MBBL average estimate based on two analysts.
• Average realized sales prices (before the impact of derivative settlements) - Natural gas ($/Mcf): $3.68 versus $3.68 estimated by two analysts on average.
• Average realized sales prices (before the impact of derivative settlements) - Oil ($/Bbl): $64.62 versus $65.95 estimated by two analysts on average.
• Average realized sales prices (before the impact of derivative settlements) - NGLs ($/Bbl): $14.29 versus $20.75 estimated by two analysts on average.
• Revenues- Oil: $84.13 million versus $92.96 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -7.4% change.
• Revenues- NGLs: $4 million versus $4.68 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -29% change.
• Revenues- Natural gas: $37.4 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $35.1 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +61.6%.

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Shares of W&T have returned -10.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.

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