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Log in. Create an account. News Alert: A red week is predicted! Listen to the podcast. TiVo Inc. Seeing how a company makes use of its equity, and the return generated on it, is an important measure to look at. ROE values, like other values, can vary significantly from one industry to another.
As the name suggests, it's calculated as sales divided by assets. This is also commonly referred to as the Asset Utilization ratio. A higher number is better than a lower one as it shows how effective a company is at generating revenue from its assets.
It takes the consensus sales estimate for the current fiscal year F1 divided by the sales for the last completed fiscal year F0 actual if reported, the consensus if not.
While earnings are the driving metric behind stock prices, there wouldn't be any earnings to calculate if there weren't any sales to begin with. Like earnings, a higher growth rate is better than a lower growth rate.
Seeing a company's projected sales growth instantly tells you what the outlook is for their products and services. Of course, different industries will have different growth rates that are considered good.
So be sure to compare a stock to its industry's growth rate when sizing up stocks from different groups. The Daily Price Change displays the day's percentage price change using the most recently completed close. This item is updated at 9 pm EST each day.
While the hover-quote on Zacks. This is useful for obvious reasons, but can also put the current day's intraday gains into better context by knowing if the recently completed trading day was up or down.
The 1 Week Price Change displays the percentage price change over the last 5 trading days using the most recently completed close to the close from 5 days before.
The 1 week price change reflects the collective buying and selling sentiment over the short-term. A strong weekly advance especially when accompanied by increased volume is a sought after metric for putting potential momentum stocks onto one's radar.
Others will look for a pullback on the week as a good entry point, assuming the longer-term price changes 4 week, 12 weeks, etc. The Momentum Score takes all of this and more into account. The 4 Week Price Change displays the percentage price change for the most recently completed 4 weeks 20 trading days.
This is a medium-term price change metric. The 4 week price change is a good reference point for the individual stock and how it's performed in relation to its peers. The 12 Week Price Change displays the percentage price change over the most recently completed 12 weeks 60 days. This is a medium-term price change metric like the 4 week price change.
With 12 weeks representing a meaningful part of a year, this time period will show whether a stock has been enjoying strong investor demand, or if it's in consolidation, or distress. The 52 Week Price Change displays the percentage price change over the most recently completed 52 weeks trading days. This is a longer-term price change metric. The 52 week price change is a good reference point. Some investors seek out stocks with the best percentage price change over the last 52 weeks, expecting that momentum to continue.
Others look for those that have lagged the market, believing those are the ones ripe for the biggest increases to come. Regardless of the many ways investors use this item, whether looking at a stock's price change, an index's return, or a portfolio manager's performance, this time-frame is a common judging metric in the financial industry. The 20 Day Average Volume is the average daily trading volume over the last 20 trading days. Volume is a useful item in many ways.
For one, part of trading is being able to get in and out of a stock easily. If the volume is too light, in absolute terms or for a relatively large position, it could be difficult to execute a trade. This is also useful to know when comparing a stock's daily volume which can be found on a ticker's hover-quote to that of its average volume.
A rising stock on above average volume is typically a bullish sign whereas a declining stock on above average volume is typically bearish. As they say, 'price follows volume'. The 20 day average establishes this baseline. Earnings estimate revisions are the most important factor influencing stocks prices.
It's an integral part of the Zacks Rank and a critical part in effective stock evaluation. Seeing a stock's EPS change over 1 week is important. But, it's made even more meaningful when looking at the longer-term 4 week percent change. And, of course, the 4 week change helps put the 1 week change into context.
The F1 EPS Estimate Quarterly Change calculates the percentage change in the consensus earnings estimate for the current year F1 over the last 12 weeks.
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