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SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG) Increases Despite Market Slip: Here's What You Need to Know

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SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $51.76, moving +2.96% from the previous trading session. The stock outperformed the S&P 500, which registered a daily loss of 1.67%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a drop of 1.73%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw a decrease of 2.15%.

The photovoltaic products maker's shares have seen an increase of 24.43% over the last month, surpassing the Oils-Energy sector's gain of 10.72% and the S&P 500's loss of 6.15%.

Market participants will be closely following the financial results of SolarEdge Technologies in its upcoming release. The company is predicted to post an EPS of -$0.24, indicating a 78.95% growth compared to the equivalent quarter last year. Alongside, our most recent consensus estimate is anticipating revenue of $303.61 million, indicating a 38.33% upward movement from the same quarter last year.

In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of $0.25 per share and a revenue of $1.4 billion, indicating changes of +110.5% and +18.47%, respectively, from the former year.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for SolarEdge Technologies. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the business outlook.

Our research reveals that these estimate alterations are directly linked with the stock price performance in the near future. 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, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, there's been a 9.4% rise in the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. SolarEdge Technologies currently has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

In terms of valuation, SolarEdge Technologies is presently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 198.43. This denotes a premium relative to the industry average Forward P/E of 18.23.

The Solar industry is part of the Oils-Energy sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 175, putting it in the bottom 29% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our 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.

Ensure to harness Zacks.com to stay updated with all these stock-shifting metrics, among others, in the next trading sessions.

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