In the latest trading session, AVEO Pharmaceuticals (AVEO) closed at $1.10, marking a +1.85% move from the previous day. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.11%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 0.32%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.19%.
Coming into today, shares of the cancer drug company had gained 111.27% in the past month. In that same time, the Medical sector gained 1.2%, while the S&P 500 gained 3.84%.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from AVEO as it approaches its next earnings report date. On that day, AVEO is projected to report earnings of -$0.05 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 37.5%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $0.74 million, down 28.16% from the year-ago period.
AVEO's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of -$0.17 per share and revenue of $10.62 million. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +10.53% and +96.38%, respectively.
It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for AVEO. 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. 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.
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. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 26.09% higher. AVEO is currently a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
The Medical - Biomedical and Genetics industry is part of the Medical sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 86, putting it in the top 34% of all 250+ industries.
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