ITT (ITT Quick QuoteITT - Free Report) reported $999.1 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 12.9%. EPS of $1.78 for the same period compares to $1.46 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.23% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $977.34 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.67, the EPS surprise was +6.59%.

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

• Revenue- Motion Technologies (MT): $355.6 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $354.39 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +3.1%.
• Revenue- Intersegment eliminations: $0.4 million compared to the $-0.81 million average estimate based on three analysts.
• Revenue- Connect & Control Technologies (CCT): $259.2 million compared to the $256.59 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +25.1% year over year.
• Revenue- Industrial Process (IP): $383.9 million compared to the $365.24 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +15% year over year.
• Adjusted Operating Income- Motion Technologies (MT): $69.8 million versus $70.61 million estimated by three analysts on average.
• Adjusted Operating Income- Corporate: $-18.3 million compared to the $-17.72 million average estimate based on three analysts.
• Adjusted Operating Income- Connect & Control Technologies (CCT): $47.5 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $45.6 million.
• Adjusted Operating Income- Industrial Process (IP): $82.1 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $78.98 million.

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Shares of ITT have returned -1.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.