Orbcomm shares rallied 52.1% in the last trading session to close at $11.51. This move can be attributable to notable volume with a higher number of shares being traded than in a typical session. This compares to the stock's 6% gain over the past four weeks.

ORBC’s rally is driven by the company’s announcement that it is getting acquired by private equity firm, GI Partners, in an all-cash deal of $1.1 billion, including net debt. The agreement, which will boost ORBCOMM’s long-term strategy, has been unanimously approved by its board of directors and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2021.

Price and Consensus

This satellite communications company is expected to post quarterly loss of $0.06 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +33.3%. Revenues are expected to be $62.14 million, down 6.1% from the year-ago quarter.

Earnings and revenue growth expectations certainly give a good sense of the potential strength in a stock, but empirical research shows that trends in earnings estimate revisions are strongly correlated with near-term stock price movements.

For Orbcomm, the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. And a stock's price usually doesn't keep moving higher in the absence of any trend in earnings estimate revisions. So, make sure to keep an eye on ORBC going forward to see if this recent jump can turn into more strength down the road.

The stock currently carries a Zacks Rank 2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>>