Amcor (AMCR) reported $3.33 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 2.3%. EPS of $0.18 for the same period compares to $0.18 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -4.37% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.49 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.18, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.
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.
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 Amcor performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Rigid Packaging: $728 million compared to the $795.13 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -10.5% year over year.
- Net Sales- Flexible: $2.61 billion versus $2.67 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.3% change.
- Adjusted EBIT- Flexibles: $357 million versus $372.48 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBIT- Corporate expenses: -$28 million compared to the -$31.37 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Adjusted EBIT- Rigid Packaging: $55 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $69.01 million.
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Shares of Amcor have returned -4.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% 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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