For the quarter ended March 2025, Bruker (BRKR) reported revenue of $801.4 million, up 11% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.47, compared to $0.53 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.91% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $794.18 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.46, the EPS surprise was +2.17%.
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 Bruker performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Organic revenue growth - Total: 2.9% versus the three-analyst average estimate of -0.1%.
- Organic revenue growth - Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST): -17.7% compared to the 0.2% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Organic revenue growth - Bruker Scientific Instruments (BSI): 5.1% compared to the -0.2% average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenue- Eliminations: -$2.40 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of -$1.69 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -4%.
- Revenue- Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST): $59.30 million versus $71.27 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -18.9% change.
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Shares of Bruker have returned +8.5% 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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