For the quarter ended March 2025, Frontier Communications (FYBR) reported revenue of $1.51 billion, up 3.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at -$0.26, compared to $0.00 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.51 billion, representing a surprise of +0.34%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +21.21%, with the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.33.
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: 3.15 million versus 3.14 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Total Fiber Penetration: 30.7% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 30.6%.
- Broadband Customers - Consumer - Fiber: 2.35 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 2.34 million.
- Broadband Customers - Business + Wholesale - Fiber: 147 thousand compared to the 148.09 thousand average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenue- Revenue from contracts with customers: $1.50 billion compared to the $1.49 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3.4% year over year.
- Revenue- Subsidy and other revenue: $16 million versus $15 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a 0% change.
- Revenue- Video services: $74 million versus $74.44 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -21.3% change.
- Revenue- Fiber- Consumer: $589 million versus $581.81 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +16.6% change.
- Revenue- Other: $82 million compared to the $79.50 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -2.4% year over year.
- Revenue- Revenue from contracts with customers- Fiber: $913 million compared to the $903.56 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.4% year over year.
- Revenue- Revenue from contracts with customers- Copper: $582 million compared to the $588.19 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of -9.2% year over year.
- Revenue- Fiber- Business and Wholesale: $324 million versus $321.75 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8% change.
Shares of Frontier Communications have returned +1.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.8% 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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