Match Group (MTCH) reported $914.28 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.1%. EPS of $0.82 for the same period compares to $0.51 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $915.04 million, representing a surprise of -0.08%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -9.89%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.91.
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 Match Group performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:- Payers - Tinder: 9.26 million versus 9.12 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Revenue Per Payer (RPP) - Total: $20.58 compared to the $20.74 average estimate based on five analysts.
- Payers - Total: 14.53 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of 14.41 million.
- Revenue Per Payer (RPP) - Tinder: $17.66 versus the four-analyst average estimate of $17.90.
- Revenue Per Payer (RPP) - Hinge: $32.87 versus $33.21 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Revenue Per Payer (RPP) - MG Asia: $20.73 versus $21.46 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Payers - Evergreen and Emerging: 2.28 million compared to the 2.27 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Revenue- Total Direct Revenue: $897 million versus $896.31 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2% change.
- Revenue- Direct Revenue- Tinder: $491 million versus $488.22 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2.4% change.
- Revenue- Direct Revenue- Evergreen and Emerging: $152 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $147.68 million.
- Revenue- Direct Revenue- MG Asia: $69 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $71.56 million.
- Revenue- Direct Revenue- Hinge: $185 million versus $188.85 million estimated by four analysts on average.
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