Cantaloupe (CTLP) reported $80.85 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 14.1%. EPS of $0.06 for the same period compares to $0.04 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $81.64 million, representing a surprise of -0.96%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -25%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.08.
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.
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 Cantaloupe performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:- Revenues- Subscription and transaction fees- Transaction fees: $48.06 million versus $50.79 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +10.2% change.
- Revenues- Equipment sales: $10.53 million versus $7.99 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +49.5% change.
- Revenues- Subscription and transaction fees: $70.33 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $73.45 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.2%.
- Revenues- Subscription and transaction fees- Subscription fees: $22.27 million versus $22.82 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +10.3% change.
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Shares of Cantaloupe have returned -0.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.Beyond Nvidia: AI's Second Wave Is Here
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