Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACB) closed at $5.58 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.18% move from the prior day. The stock lagged the S&P 500’s daily gain of 0.66%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 1%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.38%.
Prior to today’s trading, shares of the company had lost 10.88% over the past month. This has lagged the Medical sector’s loss of 3.19% and the S&P 500’s loss of 5.01% in that time.
ACB will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. The company is expected to report EPS of -$0.02, down 115.38% from the prior-year quarter. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $79.02 million, up 432.49% from the year-ago period.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for ACB. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company’s business and profitability.
Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
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. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 2.7% higher. ACB is currently a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
The Medical – Products industry is part of the Medical sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 61, which puts it in the top 24% of all 250+ industries.
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