For the quarter ended March 2025, Parsons (PSN) reported revenue of $1.55 billion, up 1.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.78, compared to $0.70 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -3.45% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.61 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.74, the EPS surprise was +5.41%.

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.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Parsons performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Revenue- Critical Infrastructure: $711.80 million versus $704.86 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +13.7% change.
• Revenue- Federal Solutions: $842.56 million versus $894.52 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -7.4% change.
• Adjusted EBITDA- Critical Infrastructure: $73.19 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $59.15 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA- Federal Solutions: $75.58 million versus $79.70 million estimated by two analysts on average.

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Shares of Parsons have returned +15.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% 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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