Garmin (GRMN) reported $2.12 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 16.6%. EPS of $2.79 for the same period compares to $2.41 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +5.58% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.01 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.39, the EPS surprise was +16.58%.
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.
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 Garmin performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Marine: $296.91 million versus $297.28 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +18.2% change.
- Net Sales- Aviation: $274.24 million compared to the $254.95 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +15.8% year over year.
- Net Sales- Fitness: $765.84 million compared to the $702.38 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +42% year over year.
- Net Sales- Outdoor: $627.61 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $601.92 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.3%.
- Net Sales- Auto OEM: $160.36 million compared to the $156.13 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -3.3% year over year.
- Operating income (loss)- Outdoor: $233.95 million compared to the $218.16 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating income (loss)- Fitness: $256.94 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $199.75 million.
- Operating income (loss)- Marine: $52.07 million versus $60.74 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Operating income (loss)- Auto OEM: $-13.52 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-13.04 million.
- Gross profit- Fitness: $454.92 million compared to the $398.13 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Gross profit- Marine: $153.4 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $166.84 million.
- Gross profit- Aviation: $207.43 million compared to the $190.64 million average estimate based on three analysts.
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Shares of Garmin have returned +8.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.3% 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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