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Magnite (MGNI) Soars 14.3%: Is Further Upside Left in the Stock?

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Magnite (MGNI - Free Report) shares rallied 14.3% in the last trading session to close at $24.12. 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 29% gain over the past four weeks.

Magnite is benefitting from the traction in its programmatic advertising offerings, specifically within Connected TV, along with deepening relationships with Netflix and Roku, and expanding AI-driven tools.

This digital ad exchange operator is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.17 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +21.4%. Revenues are expected to be $168.33 million, up 14.7% 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 Magnite, 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 MGNI going forward to see if this recent jump can turn into more strength down the road.

The stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>>

Magnite is a member of the Zacks Internet - Software industry. One other stock in the same industry, Blend Labs (BLND - Free Report) , finished the last trading session 0.6% higher at $3.3. BLND has returned -10.4% over the past month.

For Blend Labs, the consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming report has remained unchanged over the past month at $0.02. This represents a change of +200% from what the company reported a year ago. Blend Labs currently has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).


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