Viking (VIK) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
Viking Holdings (VIK) reported $897.06 million in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 24.9%. EPS of -$0.24 for the same period compares to -$0.03 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +4.49% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $858.55 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.26, the EPS surprise was +7.69%.
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 Viking performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Occupancy: 94.5% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 94.3%.
- Net Yield: $544 versus $538.03 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Capacity PCDs: 1,192,367 Days compared to the 1,176,407 Days average estimate based on three analysts.
- PCDs: 1,126,858 Days versus 1,112,065 Days estimated by three analysts on average.
- Onboard and other: $62.09 million compared to the $62.62 million average estimate based on five analysts.
- Cruise and land: $834.97 million compared to the $796.13 million average estimate based on five analysts.
Shares of Viking have returned +25.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +13.1% 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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