Strength Seen in LG Display (LPL): Can Its 5.1% Jump Turn into More Strength?

LG Display LPL shares ended the last trading session 5.1% higher at $5.19. The jump came on an impressive volume with a higher-than-average number of shares changing hands in the session. This compares to the stock's 13.3% gain over the past four weeks.

LG Display rides on strong OLED adoption across smartphones, tablets, TVs, monitors, and autos, boosting ASPs and margins. Large OLED shipments are expanding, with gaming monitors driving growth.

This maker of monitors and panels for TVs, phones and other products is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.06 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +123.1%. Revenues are expected to be $4.77 billion, down 5.2% from the year-ago quarter.

While earnings and revenue growth expectations are important in evaluating the potential strength in a stock, empirical research shows a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and near-term stock price movements.

For LG Display, 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 LPL 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 >>>>

LG Display is part of the Zacks Computer - Peripheral Equipment industry. TransAct Technologies Incorporated TACT, another stock in the same industry, closed the last trading session 0.9% lower at $5.3. TACT has returned 30.2% in the past month.

TransAct Technologies' consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming report has remained unchanged over the past month at -$0.02. Compared to the company's year-ago EPS, this represents a change of +66.7%. TransAct Technologies currently boasts a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

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