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Zynerba Pharmaceuticals (ZYNE) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know

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In the latest trading session, Zynerba Pharmaceuticals closed at $11.87, marking a +1.63% move from the previous day. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.36%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.01%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.27%.

Heading into today, shares of the specialty pharmaceutical company had lost 15.97% over the past month, lagging the Medical sector's loss of 1.21% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.98% in that time.

ZYNE will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. On that day, ZYNE is projected to report earnings of -$0.50 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 43.82%.

Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for ZYNE. 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 company's business outlook.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant within the past month. ZYNE currently has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

The Medical - Generic Drugs industry is part of the Medical sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 170, which puts it in the bottom 34% of all 250+ industries.

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