Maximus (MMS - Free Report) reported $1.33 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2023, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.2%. EPS of $1.34 for the same period compares to $0.94 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.49% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.28 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.28, the EPS surprise was +4.69%.
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 Maximus performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- U.S. Federal Services: $677.08 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $628.18 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.5%.
- Revenue- U.S. Services: $489.85 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $484.97 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +11.5%.
- Revenue- Outside the U.S: $160.12 million versus $170.90 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -16.4% change.
View all Key Company Metrics for Maximus here>>>Shares of Maximus have returned +1.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.6% 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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Maximus (MMS - Free Report) reported $1.33 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2023, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.2%. EPS of $1.34 for the same period compares to $0.94 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.49% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.28 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.28, the EPS surprise was +4.69%.
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 Maximus performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- U.S. Federal Services: $677.08 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $628.18 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.5%.
- Revenue- U.S. Services: $489.85 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $484.97 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +11.5%.
- Revenue- Outside the U.S: $160.12 million versus $170.90 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -16.4% change.
View all Key Company Metrics for Maximus here>>>Shares of Maximus have returned +1.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.6% 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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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s an American AI company that’s riding low right now, but it has rounded up clients like BMW, GE, Dell Computer, and Bosch. It has prospects for not just doubling but quadrupling in the year to come. Of course, all our picks aren’t winners but this one could far surpass earlier Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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