For the quarter ended March 2025, MGP (MGPI) reported revenue of $121.65 million, down 28.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.36, compared to $1.07 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +7.41% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $113.26 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.31, the EPS surprise was +16.13%.
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 MGP performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sales- Branded Spirits: $48.23 million versus $48.51 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.8% change.
- Sales- Ingredient Solutions: $26.48 million versus $26.11 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -25.5% change.
- Sales- Distilling Solutions: $46.94 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $38.64 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -44.7%.
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Shares of MGP have returned +4.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.7% 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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