Why Investors Need to Take Advantage of These 2 Industrial Products Stocks Now
Two factors often determine stock prices in the long run: earnings and interest rates. Investors can't control the latter, but they can focus on a company's earnings results every quarter.
We know earnings results are vital, but how a company performs compared to bottom line expectations can be even more important when it comes to stock prices, especially in the near-term. This means that investors might want to take advantage of these earnings surprises.
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The Zacks Earnings ESP, or Expected Surprise Prediction, aims to find earnings surprises by focusing on the most recent analyst revisions. The basic premise is that if an analyst reevaluates their earnings estimate ahead of an earnings release, it means they likely have new information that could possibly be more accurate. The core of the ESP model is comparing the Most Accurate Estimate to the Zacks Consensus Estimate, where the resulting percentage difference between the two equals the Expected Surprise Prediction.
The final step today is to look at a stock that meets our ESP qualifications. Eaton (ETN) earns a Zacks Rank #3 22 days from its next quarterly earnings release on August 6, 2024, and its Most Accurate Estimate comes in at $2.62 a share.
By taking the percentage difference between the $2.62 Most Accurate Estimate and the $2.61 Zacks Consensus Estimate, Eaton has an Earnings ESP of 0.42%.
ETN is part of a big group of Industrial Products stocks that boast a positive ESP, and investors may want to take a look at Plug Power (PLUG) as well.
Plug Power, which is readying to report earnings on August 14, 2024, sits at a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) right now. It's Most Accurate Estimate is currently -$0.30 a share, and PLUG is 30 days out from its next earnings report.
Plug Power's Earnings ESP figure currently stands at 0.66% after taking the percentage difference between its Most Accurate Estimate and its Zacks Consensus Estimate of -$0.30.
ETN and PLUG's positive ESP figures tell us that both stocks have a good chance at beating analyst expectations in their next earnings report.
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