Surging Earnings Estimates Signal Good News for Pharmacyclics (PCYC) – Tale of the Tape

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Pharmacyclics Inc. (PCYC) is a biopharmaceutical company that could be an interesting play for investors. That is because, not only does the stock has decent short-term momentum, but it is seeing solid activity on the earnings estimate revision front as well.

These positive earnings estimate revisions suggest that analysts are becoming more optimistic on PCYC’s earnings for the coming quarter and year. In fact, consensus estimates have moved sharply higher for both of these time frames over the past four weeks, suggesting that Pharmacyclics could be a solid choice for investors.

Current Quarter Estimates for PCYC

In the past 30 days, 1 estimate have gone higher for Pharmacyclics while 1 has moved lower in the same time period. The trend has been pretty favorable too, with estimates increasing from a loss of 8 cents a share 30 days ago, to earnings of 18 cents today, a significant move upward.

Current Year Estimates for PCYC

Meanwhile, Pharmacyclics’s current year figures are also looking quite promising, with 2 estimates moving higher in the past month, compared to 1 lower. The consensus estimate trend has also seen a boost for this time frame, narrowing from a loss of 40 cents per share 30 days ago to a loss of 28 cents per share today, an improvement of 30.0 %.

Bottom Line

The stock has also started to move higher lately, adding 7.8% over the past four weeks, suggesting that investors are starting to take note of this impressive story. So investors may definitely want to consider this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock to profit in the near future.

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