Eagle Materials (EXP) reported $470.18 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 1.4%. EPS of $2.08 for the same period compares to $2.24 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $477.78 million, representing a surprise of -1.59%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -11.11%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.34.
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.
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 Eagle Materials performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Average Net Sales Price - Gypsum Wallboard: $231.54 compared to the $240.74 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Average Net Sales Price - Cement: $157.62 versus $157.28 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenue- Heavy Materials- Concrete & Aggregates: $54.35 million compared to the $52.27 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +11.6% year over year.
- Revenue- Heavy Materials- Cement (Wholly Owned): $180.59 million versus $185.88 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.7% change.
- Total Revenue- Heavy Materials: $234.94 million compared to the $238.25 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.3% year over year.
- Revenue- Light Materials- Gypsum Paperboard: $31.03 million versus $28.05 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.4% change.
- Revenue- Light Materials- Gypsum Wallboard: $204.21 million versus $198.60 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2.9% change.
- Total Revenue- Light Materials: $235.24 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $238.70 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -1.4%.
- Segment Operating Earnings- Light Materials- Recycled Paperboard: $10.49 million compared to the $9.20 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Segment Operating Earnings- Light Materials- Gypsum Wallboard: $80.25 million versus $81.51 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Segment Operating Earnings- Light Materials: $90.75 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $93.69 million.
- Segment Operating Earnings- Heavy Materials- Concrete and Aggregates: -$9.35 million versus -$0.47 million estimated by three analysts on average.
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Shares of Eagle Materials have returned +15.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +13.1% 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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