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Gladstone Commercial (GOOD) Ascends While Market Falls: Some Facts to Note

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Gladstone Commercial (GOOD - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $11.48, demonstrating a +1.95% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock outperformed the S&P 500, which registered a daily loss of 0.53%. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.09%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1%.

The real estate investment trust's stock has climbed by 3.21% in the past month, exceeding the Finance sector's gain of 0.87% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.06%.

Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Gladstone Commercial in its upcoming earnings disclosure. In that report, analysts expect Gladstone Commercial to post earnings of $0.35 per share. This would mark no growth from the prior-year quarter. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $39 million, showing a 4.33% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.

Regarding the entire year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates forecast earnings of $1.38 per share and revenue of $156.8 million, indicating changes of -2.82% and 0%, respectively, compared to the previous year.

Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Gladstone Commercial should also be noted by investors. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the business outlook.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-term stock moves. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. Currently, Gladstone Commercial is carrying a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

With respect to valuation, Gladstone Commercial is currently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 7.86. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 11.31, so one might conclude that Gladstone Commercial is trading at a discount comparatively.

The REIT and Equity Trust - Other industry is part of the Finance sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 100, putting it in the top 41% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered 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.

Be sure to use Zacks.com to monitor all these stock-influencing metrics, and more, throughout the forthcoming trading sessions.


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