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Sendas Distribuidora (ASAIY) Surges 20.1%: Is This an Indication of Further Gains?

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Sendas Distribuidora S.A. Sponsored ADR (ASAIY - Free Report) shares ended the last trading session 20.1% higher at $12.92. The jump came on an impressive volume with a higher-than-average number of shares changing hands in the session. This compares to the stock's 19.4% gain over the past four weeks.

The stock's performance is supported by its resilient customer traffic, market-share gains and disciplined focus on deleveraging, operational efficiency and capital allocation despite a challenging consumer backdrop. The company is also broadening its growth platform through private-label expansion, Assaí Farma, digital partnerships and financial services, initiatives aimed at increasing share of wallet, strengthening margins and extracting more value from its large customer base.

This company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.27 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +170%. Revenues are expected to be $3.81 billion, up 9.6% 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 Sendas Distribuidora, 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 ASAIY 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 >>>>

Sendas Distribuidora belongs to the Zacks Consumer Products - Discretionary industry. Another stock from the same industry, Westlake (WLK - Free Report) , closed the last trading session 1.8% higher at $64.61. Over the past month, WLK has returned -15.1%.

Westlake's consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming report has changed +3.5% over the past month to $1.4. Compared to the company's year-ago EPS, this represents a change of +582.8%. Westlake currently boasts a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

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