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Strength Seen in Petrobras (PBR): Can Its 6.3% Jump Turn into More Strength?

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Petrobras (PBR - Free Report) shares soared 6.3% in the last trading session to close at $11.30. The move was backed by solid volume with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This compares to the stock's 28.9% gain over the past four weeks.

Petrobras extended its rally for the fifth straight day, driven by its offer to buy up to $2.5 billion in U.S. dollar-denominated global notes maturing between 2025 and 2050. As it is, the rally in crude prices to a multi-year high of around $68 a barrel on the back of calibrated OPEC+ cuts and an upbeat demand forecast has lifted the energy space and contributed to the strength in Petrobras. Further, an improving macro environment and new management’s committed actions helped Petrobras win an upgrade to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan and prompted Morgan Stanley analyst Bruno Montanari to raise the price target on the company.

Price and Consensus

Price Consensus Chart for PBR

This oil and gas company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.57 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +250%. Revenues are expected to be $16.48 billion, up 73.8% 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 Petrobras, the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 9.6% higher over the last 30 days to the current level. And a positive trend in earnings estimate revision usually translates into price appreciation. So, make sure to keep an eye on PBR going forward to see if this recent jump can turn into more strength down the road.

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


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