Altice USA, Inc. (ATUS) reported $2.15 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 4.4%. EPS of -$0.16 for the same period compares to -$0.05 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.48% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.16 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.09, the EPS surprise was -77.78%.
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 Altice USA performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Customer Relationships - Residential Unique Customer Relationships: 4.13 million compared to the 4.16 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Customer Relationships - SMB Unique Customer Relationships: 375.3 thousand compared to the 376.09 thousand average estimate based on three analysts.
- Total Residential Customers/ Residential PSUs - Pay TV / Video Subscribers: 1.79 million compared to the 1.82 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Total Residential Customers/ Residential PSUs - Broadband Subscribers: 3.96 million versus 3.98 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue- Residential revenue- Video: $665.57 million compared to the $704.84 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -11.9% year over year.
- Revenue- Residential revenue- Broadband: $899.56 million compared to the $889.88 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.9% year over year.
- Revenue- Residential revenue- Telephony: $66.41 million versus $61.41 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -6.4% change.
- Revenue- Residential revenue: $1.67 billion versus $1.69 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.7% change.
- Revenue- News and Advertising: $102.41 million versus $99.04 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.1% change.
- Revenue- Other: $18.09 million compared to the $16.91 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +52% year over year.
- Revenue- Residential revenue- Mobile: $36.70 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $33.46 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +47.4%.
- Revenue- Business services and wholesale: $363.55 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $359.47 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.4%.
Shares of Altice USA have returned +8.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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