For the quarter ended December 2025, Quanta Services (PWR) reported revenue of $7.84 billion, up 19.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $3.16, compared to $2.94 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +7.78% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.28 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $3.00, the EPS surprise was +5.4%.
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.
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 Quanta Services performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total Backlog: $43.98 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $39.52 billion.
- Backlog - Underground and Infrastructure: $7.81 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $6.19 billion.
- Backlog - Electric: $36.17 billion versus $33.34 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenues- Underground and Infrastructure: $1.41 billion compared to the $1.37 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +20.6% year over year.
- Revenues- Electric: $6.43 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $6 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +88.8%.
- Operating income (loss)- Electric: $695.64 million versus $647.22 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Operating income (loss)- Underground and Infrastructure: $108.49 million versus $110.92 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Operating income (loss)- Corporate and non-allocated costs: $-319.2 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $-275.72 million.
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Shares of Quanta Services have returned +9.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.8% 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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