Frontier Communications (FYBR) reported $1.54 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 4%. EPS of -$0.49 for the same period compares to -$0.49 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.33% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.52 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.31, the EPS surprise was -58.06%.
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 Frontier Communications performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:- Broadband customer metrics - Broadband customers: 3.23 million compared to the 3.21 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Total Fiber Penetration: 30.9% versus 30.7% estimated by two analysts on average.
- Broadband Customers - Consumer - Fiber: 2.47 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 2.45 million.
- Broadband Customers - Business + Wholesale - Fiber: 153 thousand versus the two-analyst average estimate of 152.04 thousand.
- Revenue- Revenue from contracts with customers: $1.52 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.51 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +3.8%.
- Revenue- Subsidy and other revenue: $17 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $15.33 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +21.4%.
- Revenue- Video services: $68 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $69.18 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -22.7%.
- Revenue- Fiber- Consumer: $609 million compared to the $608.26 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +16.4% year over year.
- Revenue- Other: $87 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $81.5 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +4.8%.
- Revenue- Revenue from contracts with customers- Fiber: $939 million compared to the $934.45 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +11.8% year over year.
- Revenue- Revenue from contracts with customers- Copper: $583 million versus $578.4 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -6.9% change.
- Revenue- Fiber- Business and Wholesale: $330 million compared to the $326.19 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4.1% year over year.
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Shares of Frontier Communications have returned +0.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% 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.Higher. Faster. Sooner. Buy These Stocks Now
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