For the quarter ended December 2024, Domino's Pizza (DPZ) reported revenue of $1.44 billion, up 2.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $4.89, compared to $4.48 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -2.27% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.48 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $4.93, the EPS surprise was -0.81%.

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.

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 Domino's Pizza performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Same store sales growth - International stores: 2.7% versus the six-analyst average estimate of 1.5%.
• Same store sales growth - U.S. franchise stores: 0.5% versus the six-analyst average estimate of 1.8%.
• Same store sales growth - U.S. Company-owned stores: -0.7% versus 1.9% estimated by six analysts on average.
• Store counts - Total U.S. Stores: 7,014 versus 7,027 estimated by six analysts on average.
• Store counts - Total: 21,366 compared to the 21,404 average estimate based on six analysts.
• Store counts - International Stores: 14,352 versus 14,378 estimated by six analysts on average.
• Store counts - U.S. Company-owned Stores: 292 versus the six-analyst average estimate of 292.
• Revenues- U.S. franchise advertising: $153.67 million versus $160.99 million estimated by eight analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +11.8% change.
• Revenues- U.S. Company-owned stores: $119.81 million versus $121.12 million estimated by eight analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2.1% change.
• Revenues- Supply chain: $876.01 million versus $897.92 million estimated by eight analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +2.2% change.
• Revenues- International franchise royalties and fees: $98.40 million versus the eight-analyst average estimate of $100.93 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.7%.
• Revenues- U.S. franchise royalties and fees: $196.03 million compared to the $199.38 million average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.8% year over year.

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Shares of Domino's Pizza have returned +6.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.5% 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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