Intrusion Inc. (INTZ) closed the most recent trading day at $0.90, moving -3.61% from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.1%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.07%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.14%.
Heading into today, shares of the company had lost 29.99% over the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's loss of 4.05% and the S&P 500's loss of 1.43%.
Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Intrusion Inc. in its upcoming release. The company is expected to report EPS of -$0.09, up 75% from the prior-year quarter. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $2.06 million, showing a 22.32% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.
For the annual period, the Zacks Consensus Estimates anticipate earnings of -$0.41 per share and a revenue of $7.67 million, signifying shifts of +74.85% and +32.82%, respectively, from the last year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Intrusion Inc. should also be noted by investors. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the business outlook.
Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. To exploit this, we've formed the Zacks Rank, a quantitative model that includes these estimate changes and presents a viable 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 last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has witnessed an unchanged state. Right now, Intrusion Inc. possesses a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
The Computer - Networking industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 188, finds itself in the bottom 24% echelons of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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