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Veeva Systems (VEEV) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know

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Veeva Systems (VEEV - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $268.36, moving +1.05% from the previous trading session. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.16%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 0.58%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.48%.

Heading into today, shares of the provider of cloud-based software services for the life sciences industry had lost 12.16% over the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 3.69% and the S&P 500's gain of 5.06% in that time.

VEEV will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release, which is expected to be December 1, 2020. On that day, VEEV is projected to report earnings of $0.68 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 13.33%. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $361.46 million, up 28.67% from the year-ago period.

VEEV's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $2.68 per share and revenue of $1.42 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +22.37% and +28.61%, respectively.

It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for VEEV. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-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 remained stagnant. VEEV is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Investors should also note VEEV's current valuation metrics, including its Forward P/E ratio of 99.1. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 63.39, so we one might conclude that VEEV is trading at a premium comparatively.

It is also worth noting that VEEV currently has a PEG ratio of 6.49. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. Internet - Software stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 6.17 based on yesterday's closing prices.

The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 186, putting it in the bottom 27% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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