Alta Equipment (ALTG) reported $509.1 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.2%. EPS of -$0.39 for the same period compares to -$0.34 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +5.5% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $482.57 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.29, the EPS surprise was -34.48%.
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 Alta Equipment performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- New and used equipment sales: $300.9 million versus $271.54 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenues- Parts sales: $68.1 million compared to the $26.64 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenues- Rental equipment sales: $38 million compared to the $47.68 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenues- Rental revenues: $42.8 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $62.93 million.
- Revenues- Service revenues: $59.3 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $72.97 million.
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Shares of Alta Equipment have returned -0.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.6% 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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