Yahoo Finance How to Boost Your Portfolio with Top Computer and Technology Stocks Set to Beat Earnings
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.
2 Stocks to Add to Your Watchlist
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.
The last thing we will do today, now that we have a grasp on the ESP and how powerful of a tool it can be, is to look at a qualifying stock. Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) holds a Zacks Rank #3 at the moment and its Most Accurate Estimate comes in at $11.18 a share 28 days away from its upcoming earnings release on June 12, 2024.
AVGO has an Earnings ESP figure of 3.66%, which, as explained above, is calculated by taking the percentage difference between the $11.18 Most Accurate Estimate and the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.79.
AVGO is just one of a large group of Computer and Technology stocks with a positive ESP figure. Verizon Communications (VZ) is another qualifying stock you may want to consider.
Verizon Communications, which is readying to report earnings on July 23, 2024, sits at a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) right now. It's Most Accurate Estimate is currently $1.16 a share, and VZ is 69 days out from its next earnings report.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Verizon Communications is $1.16, and when you take the percentage difference between that number and its Most Accurate Estimate, you get the Earnings ESP figure of 0.12%.
AVGO and VZ'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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