For the quarter ended March 2025, Tractor Supply (TSCO) reported revenue of $3.47 billion, up 2.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.34, compared to $0.37 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -2.29% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.55 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.37, the EPS surprise was -8.11%.
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 Tractor Supply performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable store sales (decrease)/increase: -0.9% versus the 10-analyst average estimate of 1%.
- Number of stores - Petsense: 206 versus the six-analyst average estimate of 209.
- Number of stores: 2,517 compared to the 2,518 average estimate based on six analysts.
- Number of stores - Tractor Supply: 2,311 versus 2,317 estimated by six analysts on average.
- Sales per selling square foot: $88.10 versus $89.19 estimated by five analysts on average.
- Total Selling Square Footage: 39.35 Msq ft versus the five-analyst average estimate of 39.46 Msq ft.
- New stores opened - Tractor Supply: 15 versus the four-analyst average estimate of 22.
- New stores opened - Petsense: 2 versus 2 estimated by four analysts on average.
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Shares of Tractor Supply have returned -5.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -5.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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