For the quarter ended September 2025, CAE (CAE) reported revenue of $897.99 million, up 7.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.17, compared to $0.18 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +9.1% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $823.11 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.14, the EPS surprise was +21.43%.
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 CAE performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Civil Aviation - Simulator equivalent unit (SEU): 297 versus 300 estimated by eight analysts on average.
- Civil Aviation - FFS deliveries: 12 versus 13 estimated by seven analysts on average.
- Civil Aviation - Utilization rate: 64% versus the six-analyst average estimate of 68.7%.
- Civil Aviation - FFSs in CAE's network: 369 compared to the 369 average estimate based on four analysts.
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Shares of CAE have returned -1.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4.4% 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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