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Is Audioeye (AEYE) Outperforming Other Computer and Technology Stocks This Year?

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The Computer and Technology group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Has AudioEye (AEYE - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? Let's take a closer look at the stock's year-to-date performance to find out.

AudioEye is a member of our Computer and Technology group, which includes 617 different companies and currently sits at #3 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.

The Zacks Rank is a successful stock-picking model that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions. The system highlights a number of different stocks that could be poised to outperform the broader market over the next one to three months. AudioEye is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Within the past quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for AEYE's full-year earnings has moved 37.6% higher. This shows that analyst sentiment has improved and the company's earnings outlook is stronger.

Our latest available data shows that AEYE has returned about 41.3% since the start of the calendar year. Meanwhile, stocks in the Computer and Technology group have gained about 14.2% on average. This means that AudioEye is performing better than its sector in terms of year-to-date returns.

Another stock in the Computer and Technology sector, Entegris (ENTG - Free Report) , has outperformed the sector so far this year. The stock's year-to-date return is 89.9%.

For Entegris, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 7.7% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

Looking more specifically, AudioEye belongs to the Internet - Software industry, a group that includes 176 individual stocks and currently sits at #90 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, stocks in this group have gained 0.2% this year, meaning that AEYE is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns.

Entegris, however, belongs to the Electronics - Semiconductors industry. Currently, this 50-stock industry is ranked #83. The industry has moved +20.1% so far this year.

Going forward, investors interested in Computer and Technology stocks should continue to pay close attention to AudioEye and Entegris as they could maintain their solid performance.

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