Yahoo Finance Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know
Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) closed the most recent trading day at $461.80, moving -1.17% from the previous trading session. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.09%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.2%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 4.87%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the maker of instruments used in biomedical research had gained 1.4% over the past month. This has lagged the Medical sector's gain of 4.96% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.31% in that time.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Bio-Rad Laboratories as it approaches its next earnings report date. This is expected to be May 4, 2023. The company is expected to report EPS of $3.24, down 34.41% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $674.18 million, down 3.7% from the year-ago period.
BIO's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $15.91 per share and revenue of $2.95 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +10.33% and +5.17%, respectively.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Bio-Rad Laboratories should also be noted by investors. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. 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.
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. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant. Bio-Rad Laboratories is currently a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
In terms of valuation, Bio-Rad Laboratories is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 29.38. This represents a premium compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 22.39.
The Medical - Products industry is part of the Medical sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 148, putting it in the bottom 42% of all 250+ industries.
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