Jack Henry (JKHY) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

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

• Revenue- Core: $191.61 million versus $194.56 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1% change.
• Revenue- Corporate & Other: $23.19 million versus $21.28 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +9.4% change.
• Revenue- Complementary: $188.8 million compared to the $178.35 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +7.8% year over year.
• Revenue- Payments: $240.42 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $234.2 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +4.9%.
• Segment Income- Core: $115.86 million compared to the $121.33 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Segment Income- Corporate & Other: $-76.98 million versus $-71.09 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Segment Income- Complementary: $115.79 million versus $105.3 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Segment Income- Payments: $119.19 million versus $111.92 million estimated by two analysts on average.

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Shares of Jack Henry have returned -2.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4% 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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