Air Industries (AIRI) ended the recent trading session at $3.28, demonstrating a -1.8% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.23%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.72%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 1.86%.
Shares of the maker of parts for the aerospace industry and defense contractors have appreciated by 7.05% over the course of the past month, outperforming the Aerospace sector's gain of 3.51%, and the S&P 500's gain of 2.45%.
Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Air Industries in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings per share (EPS) are projected to be -$0.22, reflecting a 83.33% decrease from the same quarter last year. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $10 million, indicating a 20.38% decline compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.
For the annual period, the Zacks Consensus Estimates anticipate earnings of -$0.61 per share and a revenue of $48.29 million, signifying shifts of -48.78% and -12.37%, respectively, from the last year.
It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for Air Industries. 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 business outlook.
Empirical research indicates that these revisions in estimates have a direct correlation with impending stock price performance. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, there's been no change in the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. Air Industries is holding a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell) right now.
The Aerospace - Defense industry is part of the Aerospace sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 176, which puts it in the bottom 29% of all 250+ industries.
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