For the quarter ended March 2025, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) reported revenue of $1.27 billion, up 101.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.69, compared to $2.14 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +14.17% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.11 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.48, the EPS surprise was +43.75%.
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 TKO Group performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Revenue- WWE: $391.50 million versus $339.94 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Net Revenue- UFC: $359.70 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $354.34 million.
- Net Revenue- UFC- Consumer Products: $12.70 million compared to the $14.91 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Net Revenue- WWE- Media Rights & Content: $251.60 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $235.36 million.
- Net Revenue- WWE- Live Events: $76.30 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $51.90 million.
- Net Revenue- WWE- Consumer Products: $38 million versus $33.38 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Net Revenue- UFC- Media Rights & Content: $224.10 million compared to the $233.02 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Net Revenue- UFC- Live Events: $58.60 million compared to the $55.07 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Adjusted EBITDA- UFC: $227.40 million versus $222 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate: -$77.40 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of -$53.26 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA- WWE: $193.90 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $158.55 million.
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Shares of TKO Group have returned +14.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.3% 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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