For the quarter ended March 2025, Domino's Pizza (DPZ) reported revenue of $1.11 billion, up 2.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $4.33, compared to $3.58 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.79% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.12 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $4.12, the EPS surprise was +5.10%.
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.
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 Domino's Pizza performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Same store sales growth - International stores: 3.7% compared to the 2.1% average estimate based on eight analysts.
- Store counts - Total U.S. Stores: 7,031 versus 7,036 estimated by eight analysts on average.
- Store counts - Total: 21,358 versus the eight-analyst average estimate of 21,451.
- Store counts - International Stores: 14,327 versus the eight-analyst average estimate of 14,414.
- Store counts - U.S. Franchise Stores: 6,737 versus 6,743 estimated by eight analysts on average.
- Store counts - U.S. Company-owned Stores: 294 versus the eight-analyst average estimate of 294.
- Same store sales growth - U.S. stores: -0.5% versus 1.2% estimated by seven analysts on average.
- Revenues- U.S. franchise advertising: $123.98 million compared to the $121.94 million average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +12.4% year over year.
- Revenues- U.S. Company-owned stores: $91.60 million versus $93.53 million estimated by eight analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.1% change.
- Revenues- Supply chain: $669.92 million versus the eight-analyst average estimate of $678.46 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.6%.
- Revenues- International franchise royalties and fees: $75.56 million compared to the $74.01 million average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +5% year over year.
- Revenues- U.S. franchise royalties and fees: $151 million compared to the $152.38 million average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.3% year over year.
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Shares of Domino's Pizza have returned +9.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -4.3% 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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