Snap (SNAP) Stock Moves -1.4%: What You Should Know
Snap (SNAP) closed the most recent trading day at $23.20, moving -1.4% from the previous trading session. This move was narrower than the S&P 500's daily loss of 3.51%. At the same time, the Dow lost 2.78%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 4.96%.
Heading into today, shares of the company behind Snapchat had gained 8.43% over the past month, outpacing the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 5.22% and lagging the S&P 500's gain of 9.58% in that time.
Investors will be hoping for strength from SNAP as it approaches its next earnings release. The company is expected to report EPS of -$0.05, down 25% from the prior-year quarter. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $547.65 million, up 22.74% from the year-ago period.
For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of -$0.19 per share and revenue of $2.18 billion, which would represent changes of -18.75% and +26.87%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for SNAP. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.
Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant. SNAP is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.
The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 167, putting it in the bottom 35% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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