Yahoo Finance Intuit (INTU) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know
Intuit (INTU) closed at $389.66 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.87% move from the prior day. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.07% loss on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.27%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.02%.
Coming into today, shares of the maker of TurboTax, QuickBooks and other accounting software had lost 6.8% in the past month. In that same time, the Computer and Technology sector lost 7.26%, while the S&P 500 lost 7.99%.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Intuit as it approaches its next earnings report date. On that day, Intuit is projected to report earnings of $0.99 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 49.75%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $2.35 billion, down 8.05% from the year-ago period.
Looking at the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $11.72 per share and revenue of $12.67 billion. These totals would mark changes of +20.33% and +31.49%, respectively, from last year.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for Intuit. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. Intuit is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.
Looking at its valuation, Intuit is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 32.96. This represents a premium compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 26.52.
Meanwhile, INTU's PEG ratio is currently 2.1. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. INTU's industry had an average PEG ratio of 2.2 as of yesterday's close.
The Computer - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 183, putting it in the bottom 28% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual 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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