Xerox Holdings Corporation (XRX) reported $1.46 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 3%. EPS of -$0.06 for the same period compares to $0.06 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -3.19% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.5 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.05, the EPS surprise was -20.00%.
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.
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 Xerox performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- Services, maintenance and rentals: $900 million compared to the $980.68 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -4% year over year.
- Revenues- Sales: $557 million compared to the $490.15 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.5% year over year.
- Revenue- Supplies, paper and other sales: $168 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $223.04 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -27.9%.
- Revenue- Equipment sales: $284 million versus $267.11 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2.1% change.
- Revenue- Equipment Sales- Other: $3 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $5.47 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -40%.
- Revenue- Equipment Sales- High-end: $40 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $36.77 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -14.9%.
- Revenue- Equipment Sales- Entry: $43 million versus $41.24 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.4% change.
- Revenue- Post sale revenue: $1.17 billion compared to the $1.24 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -3.2% year over year.
- Revenue- Equipment Sales- Mid-range: $198 million compared to the $175.84 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +2.6% year over year.
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Shares of Xerox have returned -10.2% 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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