Newmont Corporation (NEM) reported $5.01 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 24.5%. EPS of $1.25 for the same period compares to $0.55 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +12.22% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.46 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.84, the EPS surprise was +48.81%.
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:
- Attributable Gold ounces sold - Ahafo: 199 Koz versus 137.86 Koz estimated by two analysts on average.
- Average Realized Price - Zinc: 1.13 $/lb versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1.17 $/lb.
- AISC Consolidated - Nevada Gold Mines: $1789 per ounce compared to the $1518.2 per ounce average estimate based on two analysts.
- AISC Consolidated - Pe?asquito: $1091 per ounce compared to the $1174.5 per ounce average estimate based on two analysts.
- Attributable Gold ounces sold - Yanacocha: 113 Koz compared to the 102.64 Koz average estimate based on two analysts.
- Attributable Gold ounces sold - Boddington: 135 Koz versus the two-analyst average estimate of 137.28 Koz.
- Attributable Gold ounces sold - Tanami: 75 Koz versus 79.83 Koz estimated by two analysts on average.
- AISC Consolidated - Merian: $1864 per ounce versus $1775.8 per ounce estimated by two analysts on average.
- AISC Consolidated - Tanami: $1659 per ounce versus $1627.2 per ounce estimated by two analysts on average.
- AISC Consolidated - Cerro Negro: $2857 per ounce versus $1246.1 per ounce estimated by two analysts on average.
- Attributable Gold ounces sold - Cerro Negro: 38 Koz versus 71.34 Koz estimated by two analysts on average.
- AISC Consolidated - Yanacocha: $1170 per ounce versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1051.2 per ounce.
View all Key Company Metrics for Newmont here>>>
Shares of Newmont have returned +14.7% 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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