National Vision EYE shares soared 6.4% in the last trading session to close at $26.43. The move was backed by solid volume with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This compares to the stock's 2.7% gain over the past four weeks.
National Vision witnessed a strong price rise on investors’ optimism after the Federal Reserve approved a widely expected rate cut on Wednesday and indicated that two additional cuts could follow before the year ends. This brought the overnight funds rate down to a range of 4.00%-4.25%.
This discount optical retailer and eye care provider is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.12 per share in its upcoming report, which represents no change from the year-ago quarter. Revenues are expected to be $473.11 million, up 4.8% from the year-ago quarter.
Earnings and revenue growth expectations certainly give a good sense of the potential strength in a stock, but empirical research shows that trends in earnings estimate revisions are strongly correlated with near-term stock price movements.
For National Vision, the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. And a stock's price usually doesn't keep moving higher in the absence of any trend in earnings estimate revisions. So, make sure to keep an eye on EYE going forward to see if this recent jump can turn into more strength down the road.
The stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>>
National Vision is a member of the Zacks Consumer Products - Staples industry. One other stock in the same industry, Procter & Gamble PG, finished the last trading session 1.9% lower at $157.32. PG has returned 0.5% over the past month.
P&G's consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming report has remained unchanged over the past month at $1.91. Compared to the company's year-ago EPS, this represents a change of -1%. P&G currently boasts a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
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