For the quarter ended March 2025, Advance Auto Parts (AAP) reported revenue of $2.58 billion, down 24.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at -$0.22, compared to $0.67 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.34% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.5 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.81, the EPS surprise was +72.84%.
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 Advance Auto Parts performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Comparable store sales - YoY change: -0.6% versus the nine-analyst average estimate of -2%.
- Number of stores (Retail) - Total: 4,285 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 4,452.
- Number of stores - AAP: 4,050 compared to the 4,174 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Number of stores opened: 10 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 4.
- Number of stores - CARQUEST: 235 versus 277 estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Advance Auto Parts have returned -4.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +13.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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