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Garmin (GRMN) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know

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In the latest trading session, Garmin (GRMN - Free Report) closed at $134.48, marking a +0.28% move from the previous day. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.62%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.55%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.03%.

Heading into today, shares of the maker of personal navigation devices had lost 6.3% over the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's loss of 1.01% and the S&P 500's gain of 0.39% in that time.

Garmin will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. On that day, Garmin is projected to report earnings of $1.41 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 18.5%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $1.37 billion, up 1.01% from the year-ago period.

GRMN's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $5.68 per share and revenue of $4.96 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +10.51% and +18.44%, respectively.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Garmin. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.

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. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.26% lower. Garmin currently has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

Digging into valuation, Garmin currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 23.61. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 21.98, so we one might conclude that Garmin is trading at a premium comparatively.

Meanwhile, GRMN's PEG ratio is currently 3.47. 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. GRMN's industry had an average PEG ratio of 2 as of yesterday's close.

The Electronics - Miscellaneous Products industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 102, which puts it in the top 41% 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.

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