Cigna (CI) reported $65.68 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2024, representing a year-over-year increase of 28.4%. EPS of $6.64 for the same period compares to $6.79 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.85% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $63.25 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $7.83, the EPS surprise was -15.20%.

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