BorgWarner (BWA) reported $3.52 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 2.2%. EPS of $1.11 for the same period compares to $1.03 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.39 billion, representing a surprise of +3.56%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +13.27%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.98.
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 BorgWarner performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Organic Net Sales Change: 0.1% versus -1.2% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Net Sales- Turbos & Thermal Technologies: $1.45 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.47 billion.
- Net Sales- Drivetrain & Morse Systems: $1.36 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.34 billion.
- Net Sales- Inter-segment eliminations: -$11 million compared to the -$10.94 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Net Sales- Battery & Charging Systems: $150 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $228.36 million.
- Net Sales- PowerDrive Systems: $561 million compared to the $411.08 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Adjusted Operating Income (Loss)- Turbos & Thermal Technologies: $235 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $219.33 million.
- Adjusted Operating Income (Loss)- Battery & Charging Systems: -$22 million versus -$10.34 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Adjusted Operating Income (Loss)- PowerDrive Systems: -$43 million versus -$39.22 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Adjusted Operating Income (Loss)- Drivetrain & Morse Systems: $243 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $234.35 million.
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Shares of BorgWarner have returned +16.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +10.6% 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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