For the quarter ended March 2025, Allegheny Technologies (ATI) reported revenue of $1.14 billion, up 9.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.72, compared to $0.48 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +7.60% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.06 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.58, the EPS surprise was +24.14%.

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 Allegheny Technologies performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Sales- High Performance Materials & Components: $584.10 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $554.23 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.2%.
• Sales- Advanced Alloys & Solutions: $560.30 million versus $494.98 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.2% change.
• EBITDA- Advanced Alloys & Solutions: $83.40 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $73.65 million.
• EBITDA- High Performance Materials & Components: $131 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $118.61 million.

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Shares of Allegheny Technologies have returned +0.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.7% 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.

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