Chord Energy Corporation (CHRD) reported $876.6 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 39.7%. EPS of $1.28 for the same period compares to $3.49 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $910.72 million, representing a surprise of -3.75%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +9.03%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.17.
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 Chord Energy Corporation performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total average daily production: 272,800.00 BOE/D versus the four-analyst average estimate of 275,336.00 BOE/D.
- Production data - Oil: 153,000.00 BBL/D compared to the 151,386.00 BBL/D average estimate based on three analysts.
- Production data - Natural gas: 404,200.00 Mcf/D versus the three-analyst average estimate of 421,250.00 Mcf/D.
- Production data - NGL: 52,400.00 Bbls compared to the 54,137.03 Bbls average estimate based on three analysts.
- Average sales prices - Natural gas, without realized derivatives: $1.40 versus the two-analyst average estimate of $1.24.
- Average sales prices - Crude oil, without realized derivatives: $56.90 versus $57.29 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Average sales prices - NGL, without realized derivatives: $4.88 versus $7.41 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Average sales prices - Natural gas, with realized derivatives: $1.56 compared to the $1.38 average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Chord Energy Corporation have returned +7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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