Napco (NSSC - Free Report) reported $41.68 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2023, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.5%. EPS of $0.28 for the same period compares to $0.17 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.59% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $41.93 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.22, the EPS surprise was +27.27%.
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 Napco performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Service revenues: $17.29 million versus $16.87 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +25.2% change.
- Net Sales- Equipment revenues: $24.39 million versus $25.05 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.1% change.
- Gross profit- Equipment revenues: $6.89 million versus $6.14 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Gross profit- Service revenues: $15.52 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $14.51 million.
View all Key Company Metrics for Napco here>>>Shares of Napco have returned -14.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.1% 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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Napco (NSSC - Free Report) reported $41.68 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2023, representing a year-over-year increase of 5.5%. EPS of $0.28 for the same period compares to $0.17 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.59% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $41.93 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.22, the EPS surprise was +27.27%.
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 Napco performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Service revenues: $17.29 million versus $16.87 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +25.2% change.
- Net Sales- Equipment revenues: $24.39 million versus $25.05 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.1% change.
- Gross profit- Equipment revenues: $6.89 million versus $6.14 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Gross profit- Service revenues: $15.52 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $14.51 million.
View all Key Company Metrics for Napco here>>>Shares of Napco have returned -14.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.1% 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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One little-known company is at the heart of an especially brilliant Artificial Intelligence sector. By 2030, the AI industry is predicted to have an internet and iPhone-scale economic impact of $15.7 Trillion.
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