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American Superconductor (AMSC) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

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In the latest trading session, American Superconductor (AMSC - Free Report) closed at $7.70, marking a -0.77% move from the previous day. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.03%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.11%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.1%.

Prior to today's trading, shares of the wind turbine component maker had 0% over the past month. This has lagged the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 2.71% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.82% in that time.

Investors will be hoping for strength from AMSC as it approaches its next earnings release. In that report, analysts expect AMSC to post earnings of -$0.30 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 172.73%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $15.40 million, up 8.99% from the year-ago period.

AMSC's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of -$0.93 per share and revenue of $59.30 million. These results would represent year-over-year changes of -45.31% and +5.5%, respectively.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for AMSC. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.

Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. 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 ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant. AMSC is holding a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy) right now.

The Electronics - Miscellaneous Components industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 227, which puts it in the bottom 11% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

Make sure to utilize Zacks. Com to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and more, in the coming trading sessions.


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