Turtle Beach (HEAR) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know

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Turtle Beach (HEAR) closed at $20.85 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.7% move from the prior day. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.43%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 0.5%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.26%.

Heading into today, shares of the audio technology company had gained 5.47% over the past month, outpacing the Computer and Technology sector's loss of 6.53% and the S&P 500's loss of 4.68% in that time.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from HEAR as it approaches its next earnings report date. This is expected to be November 6, 2018. The company is expected to report EPS of $0.77, up 2025% from the prior-year quarter. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $73.67 million, up 104.74% from the year-ago period.

For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $2.47 per share and revenue of $265.80 million, which would represent changes of +1129.17% and +78.23%, respectively, from the prior year.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for HEAR. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for 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.

The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 14% higher. HEAR is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).

Digging into valuation, HEAR currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 8.59. This represents a discount compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 17.65.

Investors should also note that HEAR has a PEG ratio of 0.57 right now. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. HEAR's industry had an average PEG ratio of 1.6 as of yesterday's close.

The Communication - Components industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 73, which puts it in the top 29% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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