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RPM International (RPM) Q3 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates
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For the quarter ended February 2025, RPM International (RPM - Free Report) reported revenue of $1.48 billion, down 3.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.35, compared to $0.52 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.51 billion, representing a surprise of -2.49%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -32.69%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.52.
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 RPM International performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Net Sales- Construction Products Group/ CPG: $473.41 million versus $503.10 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.5% change.
Net Sales- Specialty Products Group/ SPG: $158.74 million compared to the $173.75 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -10.1% year over year.
Net Sales- Consumer Segment: $503.79 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $499.74 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.7%.
Net Sales- Performance Coatings Group/ PCG: $340.63 million compared to the $344.54 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.9% year over year.
Adjusted EBIT- Consumer Segment: $54.18 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $58.28 million.
Adjusted EBIT- Specialty Products Group/ SPG: $6.72 million compared to the $11.48 million average estimate based on four analysts.
Adjusted EBIT- Performance Coatings Group/ PCG: $43.79 million compared to the $42.50 million average estimate based on four analysts.
Adjusted EBIT- Construction Products Group/ CPG: $12.73 million compared to the $29.24 million average estimate based on four analysts.
Adjusted EBIT- Corporate/Other: -$39.18 million versus -$30.78 million estimated by four analysts on average.
Shares of RPM International have returned -11.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -12.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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RPM International (RPM) Q3 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates
For the quarter ended February 2025, RPM International (RPM - Free Report) reported revenue of $1.48 billion, down 3.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.35, compared to $0.52 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.51 billion, representing a surprise of -2.49%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -32.69%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.52.
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 RPM International performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Construction Products Group/ CPG: $473.41 million versus $503.10 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.5% change.
- Net Sales- Specialty Products Group/ SPG: $158.74 million compared to the $173.75 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -10.1% year over year.
- Net Sales- Consumer Segment: $503.79 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $499.74 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.7%.
- Net Sales- Performance Coatings Group/ PCG: $340.63 million compared to the $344.54 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -0.9% year over year.
- Adjusted EBIT- Consumer Segment: $54.18 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $58.28 million.
- Adjusted EBIT- Specialty Products Group/ SPG: $6.72 million compared to the $11.48 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Adjusted EBIT- Performance Coatings Group/ PCG: $43.79 million compared to the $42.50 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Adjusted EBIT- Construction Products Group/ CPG: $12.73 million compared to the $29.24 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Adjusted EBIT- Corporate/Other: -$39.18 million versus -$30.78 million estimated by four analysts on average.
View all Key Company Metrics for RPM International here>>>Shares of RPM International have returned -11.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -12.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.