For the quarter ended December 2025, Fox (FOXA) reported revenue of $5.18 billion, up 2.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.82, compared to $0.96 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.06 billion, representing a surprise of +2.47%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +74.47%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.47.
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 Fox performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues by Component- Distribution: $2 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.95 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +5.4%.
- Segment Revenues- Cable Network Programming: $2.28 billion versus $2.18 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.1% change.
- Segment Revenues- Television: $2.94 billion compared to the $2.87 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.8% year over year.
- Revenues by Component- Advertising: $2.46 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $2.3 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.4%.
- Revenues- Television- Distribution: $831 million versus $826.06 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.9% change.
- Revenues- Television- Advertising: $1.96 billion compared to the $1.88 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.1% year over year.
- Revenues- Cable Network Programming- Distribution: $1.16 billion versus $1.13 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.1% change.
- Revenues- Cable Network Programming- Advertising: $491 million compared to the $433.21 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.7% year over year.
- Segment EBITDA- Cable Network Programming: $687 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $555.18 million.
- Segment EBITDA- Corporate and Other: $-138 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-134.67 million.
- Segment EBITDA- Television: $143 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $18.41 million.
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Shares of Fox have returned -7.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.9% 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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