For the quarter ended June 2025, Suncor Energy (SU Quick QuoteSU - Free Report) reported revenue of $8.6 billion, down 9.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.51, compared to $0.93 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +11.28% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.72 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.50, the EPS surprise was +2%.

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 Suncor Energy performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Total upstream production per day: 808.10 Kbbls versus 791.40 Kbbls estimated by five analysts on average.
• Total refined product sales per day: 600.5 millions of barrels of oil per day versus 493.77 millions of barrels of oil per day estimated by two analysts on average.
• Sales Volumes per day - Total Oil Sands operations: 747.8 millions of barrels of oil per day versus 730.66 millions of barrels of oil per day estimated by two analysts on average.
• Crude oil processed per day - Eastern North America: 231.1 millions of barrels of oil per day compared to the 202.02 millions of barrels of oil per day average estimate based on two analysts.
• Crude oil processed per day - Western North America: 211.2 millions of barrels of oil per day versus 195.2 millions of barrels of oil per day estimated by two analysts on average.
• Crude oil processed per day - Total: 442.3 millions of barrels of oil per day versus 397.22 millions of barrels of oil per day estimated by two analysts on average.
• Production Volumes per day - Oil Sands operations - non-upgraded bitumen: 310.2 millions of barrels of oil per day versus the two-analyst average estimate of 265.67 millions of barrels of oil per day.
• Production Volumes per day - Oil Sands Operations - Upgraded (SCO and Diesel): 438.2 millions of barrels of oil per day versus 464.99 millions of barrels of oil per day estimated by two analysts on average.
• Sales Volumes per day - Oil Sands operations - Upgraded (SCO and Diesel): 440.2 millions of barrels of oil per day compared to the 464.99 millions of barrels of oil per day average estimate based on two analysts.
• Sales Volumes per day - Oil Sands operations - non-upgraded bitumen: 307.6 millions of barrels of oil per day compared to the 265.67 millions of barrels of oil per day average estimate based on two analysts.
• Production Volumes per day - Total Fort Hills bitumen production: 162.9 millions of barrels of oil per day versus the two-analyst average estimate of 157.14 millions of barrels of oil per day.
• Production Volumes per day - Total Syncrude production: 196.5 millions of barrels of oil per day compared to the 212.74 millions of barrels of oil per day average estimate based on two analysts.

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Shares of Suncor Energy have returned +5.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +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.