Planet Fitness (PLNT) reported $330.35 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 13%. EPS of $0.80 for the same period compares to $0.64 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.69% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $324.86 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.72, the EPS surprise was +11.11%.
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 Planet Fitness performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total Stores - End of period: 2,795 versus the six-analyst average estimate of 2,790.
- Same-store sales: 6.9% compared to the 5.9% average estimate based on five analysts.
- EOP Franchise Stores: 2,514 versus 2,507 estimated by five analysts on average.
- EOP Corporate Stores: 281 versus the five-analyst average estimate of 283.
- Total Stores - New stores opened: 35 compared to the 28 average estimate based on four analysts.
- Total Stores - Beginning of period: 2,762 versus 2,763 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Corporate-owned same store sales: 6% compared to the 5.9% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Revenue- Franchise segment: $113.68 million compared to the $113.52 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +11% year over year.
- Revenue- Corporate-owned clubs: $137.83 million versus $141.25 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +7.6% change.
- Revenue- Equipment segment: $78.84 million compared to the $68.36 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +27.8% year over year.
- Revenue- Franchise: $92.25 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $93.03 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +11.3%.
- Revenue- National advertising fund revenue: $21.43 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $21.07 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.7%.
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Shares of Planet Fitness have returned +9.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% 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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