Performance Food Group (PFGC) reported $15.31 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.5%. EPS of $0.79 for the same period compares to $0.80 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.73% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $15.42 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.86, the EPS surprise was -8.14%.
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 Performance Food performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- Convenience: $5.74 billion versus $5.73 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenue- Intersegment Eliminations: -$160.90 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of -$176.98 million.
- Revenue- Corporate & All Other: $221.50 million compared to the $247.51 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenue- Foodservice: $8.37 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $8.40 billion.
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Shares of Performance Food have returned +12.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +10.6% 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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