For the quarter ended March 2025, Orion Marine Group (ORN) reported revenue of $188.65 million, up 17.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.01, compared to -$0.12 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +8.70% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $173.55 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.11, the EPS surprise was +109.09%.
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 Orion Marine performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Contract revenues- Concrete Segment: $61.49 million compared to the $56.30 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.1% year over year.
- Contract revenues- Marine Segment: $127.16 million compared to the $109.42 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +19.6% year over year.
- Operating income (loss)- Concrete segment: -$3.95 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of -$0.58 million.
- Operating income (loss)- Marine segment: $4.78 million compared to the -$3.54 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Orion Marine have returned +16.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.8% 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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