For the quarter ended March 2025, Teledyne Technologies (TDY) reported revenue of $1.45 billion, up 7.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $4.95, compared to $4.55 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.95% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.42 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $4.92, the EPS surprise was +0.61%.
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.
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 Teledyne performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Digital Imaging: $757 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $753.02 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2.2%.
- Net Sales- Engineered Systems: $107.10 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $101.04 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +14.9%.
- Net Sales- Aerospace and Defense Electronics: $242.50 million compared to the $224.37 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +30.6% year over year.
- Net Sales- Instrumentation: $343.30 million versus $343.77 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.9% change.
- Operating Income- Digital Imaging: $122.30 million compared to the $116.24 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating Income- Instrumentation: $92.70 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $90.01 million.
- Operating Income- Aerospace and Defense Electronics: $55.70 million compared to the $54.84 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating Income- Engineered Systems: $10.80 million compared to the $8.20 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating Income- Corporate expense: -$22.20 million versus -$19.13 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Non-GAAP Operating Income- Digital Imaging: $167.70 million compared to the $168.76 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Non-GAAP Operating Income- Instrumentation: $95.90 million compared to the $94.34 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Non-GAAP Operating Income- Aerospace and Defense Electronics: $62.90 million compared to the $58.11 million average estimate based on three analysts.
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Shares of Teledyne have returned -10% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -6.6% 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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