Rogers Communication (RCI Quick QuoteRCI - Free Report) reported $3.89 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.2%. EPS of $0.92 for the same period compares to $0.99 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.77% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.78 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.84, the EPS surprise was +9.52%.

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

• Wireless Subscriber - Postpaid mobile phone - Gross additions: 347 thousand compared to the 368.03 thousand average estimate based on two analysts.
• Home Phone - Total Home Phone Subscriber: 1.31 million versus 1.31 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Wireless Subscriber - Total Postpaid mobile phone subscribers: 11.05 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 11.07 million.
• Wireless Subscriber - Postpaid churn: 1% compared to the 1% average estimate based on two analysts.
• Wireless Subscriber - Prepaid mobile phone - Gross additions: 186 thousand versus 161.11 thousand estimated by two analysts on average.
• Wireless Subscriber - Prepaid mobile phone - Net additions: 11 thousand compared to the 26.49 thousand average estimate based on two analysts.
• Wireless Subscriber - Total prepaid mobile phone subscribers: 1.23 million compared to the 1.25 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Wireless Subscriber - Prepaid churn: 4.8% versus 3.6% estimated by two analysts on average.
• Cable Subscriber - Homes passed: 10.68 million versus 10.68 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Cable Subscriber - Net additions: -2 thousand compared to the 12.51 thousand average estimate based on two analysts.
• Cable Subscriber - Total Customer Relationships: 4.86 million versus 4.87 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Retail Internet - Net Additions: 10 thousand versus 14.46 thousand estimated by two analysts on average.

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Shares of Rogers Communication have returned +2.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.2% 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.