TransMedics (TMDX) Reports Q2 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.

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

• OCS transplant revenue- United States- Total: $183.62 million versus $177.1 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +20.7% change.
• OCS transplant revenue- United States- Lung total revenue: $2.25 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $2.83 million.
• OCS transplant revenue- United States- Heart total revenue: $33.38 million compared to the $30.21 million average estimate based on three analysts.
• OCS transplant revenue- United States- Liver total revenue: $147.99 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $144.05 million.
• OCS transplant revenue- All other countries- Total: $5.24 million compared to the $5.15 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +26% year over year.
• OCS transplant revenue- All other countries- Lung total revenue: $0.41 million compared to the $0.48 million average estimate based on three analysts.
• OCS transplant revenue- All other countries- Heart total revenue: $4.59 million compared to the $4.5 million average estimate based on three analysts.
• OCS transplant revenue- All other countries- Liver total revenue: $0.25 million compared to the $0.26 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Revenue- Service: $78.79 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $69.04 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +28.6%.
• Revenue- Net Product: $111.16 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $113.35 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +15.7%.

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Shares of TransMedics have returned +14.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.

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