For the quarter ended December 2024, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) reported revenue of $37.74 million, up 3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.62, compared to $0.53 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +45.51% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $25.93 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.58, the EPS surprise was +6.90%.
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 HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- Gain on sale of assets: $18.26 million versus $14.86 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +16.1% change.
- Revenue- Rental Income: $0.08 million versus $0.10 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -96.3% change.
- Revenue- Interest Income: $68.25 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $67.20 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.8%.
- Revenue- Other income: $7.85 million compared to the $0.78 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Revenue- Securitization asset income: $6.86 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $7.18 million.
Shares of HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital have returned +0.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.9% 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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