For the quarter ended December 2025, Newmont Corporation (NEM) reported revenue of $6.82 billion, up 20.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.52, compared to $1.40 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.06 billion, representing a surprise of +12.58%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +24.29%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.03.
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 Newmont performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- AISC Consolidated - Total Gold: $1302 per ounce compared to the $1601.7 per ounce average estimate based on three analysts.
- Attributable Production - Total Gold: 1,453.00 Koz versus the three-analyst average estimate of 1,402.96 Koz.
- Attributable Gold Production - Boddington: 146.00 Koz versus the two-analyst average estimate of 135.00 Koz.
- Attributable Gold Production - Tanami: 123.00 Koz compared to the 107.57 Koz average estimate based on two analysts.
- CAS Consolidated - Total Gold: $738 per ounce compared to the $1240.3 per ounce average estimate based on two analysts.
- Average Realized Price - Gold: $4216 per ounce compared to the $3856 per ounce average estimate based on two analysts.
- Average Realized Price - Copper: 6.04 $/lb versus the two-analyst average estimate of 4.67 $/lb.
- Attributable Gold ounces sold - Total Gold: 1,378.00 Koz versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1,270.67 Koz.
- Average Realized Price - Silver: $57.3 per ounce versus the two-analyst average estimate of $38.9 per ounce.
- Average Realized Price - Lead: 0.88 $/lb versus the two-analyst average estimate of 0.85 $/lb.
- Average Realized Price - Zinc: 1.41 $/lb versus 1.22 $/lb estimated by two analysts on average.
- AISC Consolidated - Nevada Gold Mines: $1508 per ounce versus $1565.6 per ounce estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Newmont have returned +4.9% 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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