For the quarter ended December 2024, Maplebear (CART) reported revenue of $883 million, up 10% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.53, compared to $0.44 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.51% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $887.54 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.37, the EPS surprise was +43.24%.

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

• Gross Transaction Value (GTV): $8.65 billion versus $8.62 billion estimated by nine analysts on average.
• Orders: 77.5 million compared to the 75.91 million average estimate based on eight analysts.
• Revenue- Advertising and other: $267 million compared to the $267.32 million average estimate based on nine analysts.
• Revenue- Transaction: $616 million compared to the $620.47 million average estimate based on nine analysts.

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Shares of Maplebear have returned +8.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.8% 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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