For the quarter ended September 2025, ABB (ABBNY Quick QuoteABBNY - Free Report) reported revenue of $9.08 billion, up 11.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.66, compared to $0.51 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $8.84 billion, representing a surprise of +2.71%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +4.76%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.63.

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.

As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.

Here is how ABB performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Orders received - Corporate and Other: $-181 million versus $-94.07 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Orders received: $9.14 billion compared to the $8.95 billion average estimate based on two analysts.
• Book-to-bill -Total: 1% compared to the 1% average estimate based on two analysts.
• Orders received - Robotics & Discrete Automation: $744 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $731.79 million.
• Orders received - Motion: $2.16 billion versus $1.97 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
• Orders received - Industrial / Process Automation: $1.9 billion versus $1.88 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
• Orders received - Electrification Products: $4.52 billion versus $4.46 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
• Revenues- Electrification Products: $4.5 billion versus $4.3 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +15% change.
• Revenues- Motion: $2.08 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $2.07 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +5.7%.
• Revenues- Corporate: $-106 million compared to the $-99.34 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -12.4% year over year.
• Revenues- Robotics & Discrete Automation: $807 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $769.2 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +8%.
• Revenues- Industrial / Process Automation: $1.8 billion versus $1.79 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.6% change.

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Shares of ABB have returned +6.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.