Knowing facts before you bet on it

Progressive (PGR) was recently on the list of the most sought -after stocks from Zacks.com. Therefore, you may want to take some of the key factors into account that could influence the performance of the share in the near future.

In the past month, the stocks of this insurer returned +8.9% compared to changing the Zack S&P 500 Composite +10.6%. During this time, the Zacks Insurance – real estate and accident industry, which is progressive, has increased by 4.5%. The key question now is: What could be the future direction of the stock?

Although media reports or rumors about a significant change in the business prospects of a company generally lead to the fact that its shares lead to trend and an immediate change in price, there are always certain basic factors that ultimately advance the purchase and hate decision.

Instead of concentrating on anything else, we prioritize the evaluation of the change in the profit projection of a company at Zacks. This is due to the fact that we believe that the current value for its shares is determined by the cash value of his future profit current.

Our analysis essentially is based on how the analysts of sales pages that cover the shares revises their profit estimates in order to take into account the latest business trends. If the profit estimates for a company increase, the at the time to be accompanied by the current value for its shares. And if the at the time value of a share to be added is higher than the current market price, investors tend to buy the shares, which means that the price is upwards. For this reason, empirical studies indicate a strong correlation between trends in estimating the profits and the short -term share price movements.

Progressive is expected to make a profit of USD 3.51 per share in the current quarter, which corresponds to a change of +32.5%compared to the previous year. In the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus estimate has changed +4.4%.

For the current financial year, the consensus result of $ 15.77 refers to a change of +12.2% compared to the previous year. This estimate has changed +2.2%in the last 30 days.

For the next financial year, the consensus assessment of $ 15.93 shows a change of +1% compared to what progressive is expected a year ago. In the past month, the estimate has changed +1.7%.

With an impressive external, tested success balance sheet is our proprietary stock assessment tool and the Zacks-rank-rank-a more cozy indicator for the short-term price-performance of a share, since it effectively uses the power of the profit assessment revisions. The size of the recent change in the consensus estimate as well as three other factors in connection with the profit estimates has led to a Zacks rank No. 2 (purchase) for progressive.