Amcor (AMCR) reported $5.45 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 68.1%. EPS of $0.86 for the same period compares to $0.80 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.75% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.55 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.83, the EPS surprise was +3.61%.
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 Amcor performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Flexible: $3.19 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $3.18 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +27%.
- Net Sales- Rigid Packaging: $2.26 billion versus $2.32 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +210.1% change.
- Adjusted EBIT- Rigid Packaging: $228 million versus $241.92 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBIT- Flexibles: $402 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $409.65 million.
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Shares of Amcor have returned +3.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.8% 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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