Matador Resources (MTDR Quick QuoteMTDR - Free Report) reported $1.19 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 32.5%. EPS of $2.61 for the same period compares to $1.53 a year ago.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $942.74 million, representing a surprise of +25.85%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +27.32%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.05.

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

• Average Daily Production Volumes - Oil: 126,106.00 BBL/D versus the eight-analyst average estimate of 124,594.20 BBL/D.
• Average Daily Production Volumes - Natural gas: 537.1 millions of cubic feet per day versus 512.5 millions of cubic feet per day estimated by eight analysts on average.
• Average Daily Production Volumes - Total oil equivalent: 215631 millions of barrels of oil equivalent per day compared to the 210114.4 millions of barrels of oil equivalent per day average estimate based on eight analysts.
• Average Sales Prices - Oil, with realized derivatives: $83.19 compared to the $85.76 average estimate based on six analysts.
• Average Sales Prices - Oil without realized derivatives: $98.16 versus $99.26 estimated by five analysts on average.
• Average Sales Prices - Natural gas without realized derivatives: $-0.79 versus $-2.02 estimated by five analysts on average.
• Average Sales Prices - Natural gas, with realized derivatives: $1.24 versus the five-analyst average estimate of $0.62.
• Revenues- Third-party midstream services revenues: $44.59 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $45.37 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.2%.
• Revenues- Oil and natural gas revenues: $1.09 billion versus $933.09 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +33.3% change.

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Shares of Matador have returned -6.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.5% 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.