How to Boost Your Portfolio with Top Business Services Stocks Set to Beat Earnings
Quarterly financial reports play a vital role on Wall Street, as they help investors see how a company has performed and what might be coming down the road in the near-term. And out of all of the metrics and results to consider, earnings is one of the most important.
Life and the stock market are both about expectations, and rising above what is expected is often rewarded, while falling short can come with negative consequences. Investors might want to try to capture stronger returns by finding positive earnings surprises.
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The Zacks Expected Surprise Prediction, or ESP, works by locking in on the most up-to-date analyst earnings revisions because they can be more accurate than estimates from weeks or even months before the actual release date. The thinking is pretty straightforward: analysts who provide earnings estimates closer to the report are likely to have more information. With this in mind, the Expected Surprise Prediction compares the Most Accurate Estimate (being the most recent) against the overall Zacks Consensus Estimate. The percentage difference provides the ESP figure.
Now that we understand what the ESP is and how beneficial it can be, let's dive into a stock that currently fits the bill. Accenture (ACN) earns a Zacks Rank #3 right now and its Most Accurate Estimate sits at $2.61 a share, just six days from its upcoming earnings release on March 23, 2023.
By taking the percentage difference between the $2.61 Most Accurate Estimate and the $2.49 Zacks Consensus Estimate, Accenture has an Earnings ESP of 4.78%.
ACN is just one of a large group of Business Services stocks with a positive ESP figure. DocuSign (DOCU) is another qualifying stock you may want to consider.
DocuSign, which is readying to report earnings on June 8, 2023, sits at a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) right now. It's Most Accurate Estimate is currently $0.54 a share, and DOCU is 83 days out from its next earnings report.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for DocuSign is $0.53, and when you take the percentage difference between that number and its Most Accurate Estimate, you get the Earnings ESP figure of 1.8%.
Because both stocks hold a positive Earnings ESP, ACN and DOCU could potentially post earnings beats in their next reports.
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