Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (GO Quick QuoteGO - Free Report) reported $1.22 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.7%. EPS of $0.19 for the same period compares to $0.15 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.63% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.24 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.21, the EPS surprise was -9.52%.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

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

• Total Store: 570 versus 570 estimated by four analysts on average.
• Comparable store sales growth: -0.8% compared to the 0.1% average estimate based on four analysts.
• Number of new stores: 7 versus 7 estimated by two analysts on average.

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Shares of Grocery Outlet have returned -5.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.