How did the company's margin and earnings per share (EPS) perform relative to the prior year and analyst forecasts?

Answer

Based on the press‑release excerpt you supplied, the only quantitative performance metrics that were disclosed are revenue figures:

The release does not contain any information about the company’s profit margin (e.g., gross margin, operating margin, or net margin) nor does it provide earnings‑per‑share (EPS) numbers for the quarter, the nine‑month period, or the full fiscal year. Consequently, we cannot directly compare the margin or EPS to:

1. The prior‑year results – there is no prior‑year margin or EPS data in the excerpt, so a year‑over‑year change cannot be calculated.
2. Analyst forecasts – analyst consensus estimates for margin or EPS are not mentioned, so we cannot assess whether the company beat, missed, or fell short of those expectations.

How to interpret the missing data

• Typical earnings‑release structure – Companies that issue a “financial results” press release usually include a “Key Financial Metrics” table that lists net income, adjusted EBITDA, gross margin, operating margin, and diluted EPS (both GAAP and non‑GAAP). The excerpt you posted appears to be a truncated version that only highlighted revenue growth.
• Possible reasons for omission –
  
  • The company may still be finalizing its margin and EPS calculations at the time of the release.
    
  • The press‑release may be intentionally focused on top‑line growth (revenue) because that is the primary story the management wants to emphasize.
    
  • The original full release (or the accompanying investor presentation) likely contains the missing margin/EPS data; you would need to retrieve the complete document from the company’s investor‑relations site or the Business Wire archive.

What you can do next

1. Locate the full press release – Visit the Business Wire page for the August 7 2025 release (or i3 Verticals’ investor‑relations website) and download the complete PDF/HTML version. The “Key Financial Metrics” table will almost certainly list:
   • Gross margin % (or dollars)
   • Operating margin % (or dollars)
   • Net income (or adjusted net income)
   • Diluted EPS (GAAP and non‑GAAP)
2. Compare to the prior year – Once you have the Q3 2025 and Q3 2024 margin/EPS numbers, calculate the year‑over‑year change: [ \text{YoY % Change} = \frac{\text{2025 value} - \text{2024 value}}{\text{2024 value}} \times 100\% ]
3. Check analyst consensus – Use a financial data platform (e.g., Bloomberg, FactSet, Thomson Reuters, or Yahoo Finance) to retrieve the consensus EPS and margin forecasts for Q3 2025. Then compute the “beat/miss” as: [ \text{Surprise} = \frac{\text{Reported EPS} - \text{Consensus EPS}}{\text{Consensus EPS}} \times 100\% ] The same can be done for margin forecasts if analysts publish them.
4. Contextualize the results – If the company posted a higher margin/EPS than both the prior year and analyst expectations, it would reinforce the positive narrative around revenue growth. Conversely, a margin contraction or EPS miss could suggest rising costs, integration expenses, or other headwinds that offset top‑line strength.

Bottom line

• From the information you provided: Only revenue growth (12.4 % YoY) is disclosed.
  
• Margin and EPS performance: Not reported in the excerpt, so we cannot assess their relative performance to the prior year or analyst forecasts without obtaining the full release or supplemental earnings data.
  

To answer the question definitively, you’ll need to retrieve the complete earnings release (or the accompanying earnings call transcript) where the margin and EPS figures are presented. Once you have those numbers, you can compute the year‑over‑year changes and compare them to analyst consensus estimates.