Par Petroleum (PARR) reported $1.83 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2024, representing a year-over-year decline of 16.1%. EPS of -$0.79 for the same period compares to $1.08 a year ago.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.71 billion, representing a surprise of +6.89%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +23.30%, with the consensus EPS estimate being -$1.03.

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.

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

• Total Refining - Feedstocks Throughput: 187800 millions of barrels of oil per day versus the three-analyst average estimate of 187341.3 millions of barrels of oil per day.
• Hawaii Refinery - Feedstocks Throughput: 83.3 millions of barrels of oil per day versus 81.61 millions of barrels of oil per day estimated by three analysts on average.
• Montana Refinery - Feedstocks Throughput: 51.9 millions of barrels of oil per day compared to the 50.12 millions of barrels of oil per day average estimate based on three analysts.
• Wyoming Refinery - Feedstocks Throughput: 13.6 millions of barrels of oil per day compared to the 16.13 millions of barrels of oil per day average estimate based on three analysts.
• Washington Refinery - Feedstocks Throughput: 39 millions of barrels of oil per day compared to the 39.49 millions of barrels of oil per day average estimate based on three analysts.
• Retail sales volumes: 30,287 Kgal compared to the 30,109 Kgal average estimate based on two analysts.
• Adjusted EBITDA- Refining: -$22.34 million compared to the -$29.05 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Adjusted EBITDA- Logistics: $33.01 million versus $28.20 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Adjusted EBITDA- Retail: $22.20 million versus $20.27 million estimated by two analysts on average.

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Shares of Par Petroleum have returned -11.4% 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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