Avantor, Inc. (AVTR) reported $1.58 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 5.9%. EPS of $0.23 for the same period compares to $0.22 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.72% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.61 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.23, the company has not delivered EPS surprise.

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

• Revenue- Bioscience Production: $516.40 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $530.71 million.
• Revenue- Laboratory Solutions: $1.07 billion compared to the $1.09 billion average estimate based on four analysts.
• Adjusted Operating Income- Laboratory Solutions: $139 million versus $128.24 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Adjusted Operating Income- Corporate: -$19.60 million compared to the -$14.91 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Adjusted Operating Income- Bioscience Production: $123.40 million compared to the $121.23 million average estimate based on two analysts.

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Shares of Avantor have returned -4.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -4.8% 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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