Evolent Health (EVH) reported $621.4 million in revenue for the quarter ended September 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 21.6%. EPS of $0.04 for the same period compares to $0.30 a year ago.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $625.58 million, representing a surprise of -0.67%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -86.67%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.30.

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

• Average PMPM Fees / Revenue per Case - Performance Suite: $20.97 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $21.43.

• Average PMPM Fees / Revenue per Case - Specialty Technology and Services Suite: $0.38 compared to the $0.37 average estimate based on three analysts.

• Average PMPM Fees / Revenue per Case - Administrative Services: $15.74 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $15.49.

• Average Lives on Platform / Cases - Cases: 13 thousand compared to the 15.1 thousand average estimate based on three analysts.

• Average Lives on Platform / Cases - Performance Suite: 6.92 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of 6.88 million.

• Average Lives on Platform / Cases - Specialty Technology and Services Suite: 74.19 million versus 73.82 million estimated by three analysts on average.

• Average Lives on Platform / Cases - Administrative Services: 1.26 million compared to the 1.27 million average estimate based on three analysts.

• Average PMPM Fees / Revenue per Case - Cases: $3,113 versus $2,859.51 estimated by three analysts on average.

• Total Revenue by product type- Performance Suite: $435.10 million versus $441.93 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +34.4% change.

• Total Revenue by product type- Cases: $41.43 million versus $43.18 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +10.9% change.

• Total Revenue by product type- Administrative Services: $59.40 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $58.87 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -13.6%.

• Total Revenue by product type- Specialty Technology and Services Suite: $85.47 million versus $81.94 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.2% change.