Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARPO) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know
Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARPO) closed the most recent trading day at $0.72, moving +0.61% from the previous trading session. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 2.29%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 1.99%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 2.81%.
Heading into today, shares of the company had gained 43.18% over the past month, outpacing the Medical sector's gain of 22.38% and the S&P 500's gain of 19.13% in that time.
Investors will be hoping for strength from ARPO as it approaches its next earnings release. On that day, ARPO is projected to report earnings of -$0.09 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 57.14%.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for ARPO. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 12.19% higher. ARPO is currently a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
The Medical - Biomedical and Genetics industry is part of the Medical sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 15, putting it in the top 6% of all 250+ industries.
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