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Voya (VOYA) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

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Voya Financial (VOYA - Free Report) reported $318 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.2%. EPS of $2.26 for the same period compares to $2.15 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.31% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $310.83 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.02, the EPS surprise was +11.88%.

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.

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 Voya performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
  • Total AUM and AUA - Retirement: $779.7 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $798.44 billion.
  • Client Assets - Retirement - Eliminations: $-4.76 billion versus $-9.42 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
  • Total AUM and AUA - General Account: $36.9 billion compared to the $37.71 billion average estimate based on two analysts.
  • End of period AUM - Institutional: $169.77 billion versus $173.23 billion estimated by two analysts on average.
  • End of period AUM - Retail: $146.76 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $151.71 billion.
  • Client Assets - Subtotal External Clients: $316.53 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $324.94 billion.
  • Revenues- Net investment income: $569 million versus $515.52 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.6% change.
  • Revenues- Premiums: $744 million compared to the $787.18 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1% year over year.
  • Revenues- Fee income: $604 million versus $659.42 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6% change.
  • Adjusted Operating Revenues- Investment Management- Fee income: $243 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $247.6 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +3%.
  • Adjusted Operating Revenues- Investment Management- Total: $251 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $255.74 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +3.3%.
  • Adjusted Operating Revenues- Investment Management- Net investment income and net gains (losses): $7 million versus $7.65 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +16.7% change.

View all Key Company Metrics for Voya here>>>

Shares of Voya have returned +20.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +9.5% 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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