Voya (VOYA) Q4 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates

Core Insights - Voya Financial reported a revenue of $316 million for Q4 2025, marking an 81.6% year-over-year increase, while EPS was $1.94 compared to $1.50 a year ago [1] - The reported revenue fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $332.41 million, resulting in a surprise of -4.94%, and the EPS also missed the consensus estimate of $2.11 by -7.97% [1] Financial Performance Metrics - Total Assets Under Management (AUM) and Assets Under Administration (AUA) in Retirement reached $796.51 billion, slightly above the estimated $795.27 billion [4] - Client Assets in Retirement - Full Service were reported at $281.02 billion, below the average estimate of $284.85 billion [4] - Client Assets in Retirement - Recordkeeping were $446.99 billion, exceeding the estimated $441.68 billion [4] - Total Defined Contribution Client Assets were $728.01 billion, slightly above the average estimate of $726.52 billion [4] - Net investment income revenue was $591 million, surpassing the average estimate of $529.72 million, reflecting a year-over-year increase of 13.4% [4] - Fee income revenue was $633 million, below the average estimate of $655.66 million, but showed a year-over-year increase of 16.6% [4] - Premiums revenue was $738 million, which is a decrease of 6.6% compared to the previous year and below the estimated $791.44 million [4] - Adjusted Operating Revenues for Investment Management totaled $290 million, exceeding the average estimate of $260.16 million, with a year-over-year increase of 7% [4] - Adjusted Operating Revenues for Investment Management - Fee income was $250 million, slightly above the average estimate of $248.31 million, reflecting a 5.5% year-over-year increase [4] - Adjusted Operating Revenues for Corporate - Net investment income and net gains were $5 million, below the average estimate of $5.75 million, showing a year-over-year decrease of 37.5% [4] - Adjusted Operating Revenues for Corporate - Total was $6 million, slightly above the average estimate of $5.75 million, but represented a 25% decrease compared to the year-ago quarter [4] Stock Performance - Voya's shares returned +0.2% over the past month, underperforming the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.8% change [3] - The stock currently holds a Zacks Rank 4 (Sell), indicating potential underperformance relative to the broader market in the near term [3]