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ClearPoint Neuro (CLPT) Surges 26.0%: Is This an Indication of Further Gains?

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ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. (CLPT - Free Report) shares rallied 26% in the last trading session to close at $16.81. 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 19.4% gain over the past four weeks.

ClearPoint Neuro scored a strong price increase on investors’ optimism surrounding uniQure N.V.’s – the partner company of ClearPoint Neuro, announced regulatory milestone for its Huntington's disease treatment candidate, AMT-130. Accordingly, 3-year analysis from the Phase I/II study can serve as the primary basis of a Biologics License Application for accelerated approval with FDA. 

This company is expected to post quarterly loss of $0.27 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -28.6%. Revenues are expected to be $13 million, up 41% 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 ClearPoint Neuro, 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 CLPT 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 >>>>

ClearPoint Neuro belongs to the Zacks Medical - Instruments industry. Another stock from the same industry, Penumbra (PEN - Free Report) , closed the last trading session 0.7% lower at $316.16. Over the past month, PEN has returned -2.5%.

Penumbra's consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming report has remained unchanged over the past month at $1.18. Compared to the company's year-ago EPS, this represents a change of +37.2%. Penumbra currently boasts a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

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