Fluent (FLNT) Flat As Market Gains: What You Should Know

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Fluent (FLNT - Free Report) closed at $0.63 in the latest trading session, marking no change from the prior day. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.37%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 0.01%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1.26%.

Heading into today, shares of the data and analytics company had lost 1.04% over the past month, lagging the Business Services sector's gain of 3.81% and the S&P 500's gain of 4.31% in that time.

Fluent will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. On that day, Fluent is projected to report earnings of $0.01 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 150%. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $87.72 million, down 10.82% from the prior-year quarter.

Looking at the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $0 per share and revenue of $354.26 million. These totals would mark changes of -100% and -1.9%, respectively, from last year.

It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for Fluent. 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. 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.

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. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant within the past month. Fluent currently has a Zacks Rank of #5 (Strong Sell).

The Advertising and Marketing industry is part of the Business Services sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 207, putting it in the bottom 18% 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.

You can find more information on all of these metrics, and much more, on Zacks.com.

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