Earnings Estimates Moving Higher For Office Depot (ODP): Time To Buy?

Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODP) is one of the largest suppliers of office products and services in the world that could be an interesting play for investors. That is because, not only does the stock have decent short-term momentum, but it is seeing solid activity on the earnings estimate revision front as well.

These positive earnings estimate revisions suggest that analysts are becoming more optimistic on ODP’s earnings for the coming quarter and year. In fact, consensus estimates have moved sharply higher for both of these time frames over the past four weeks, suggesting that Office Depot could be a solid choice for investors.

Current Quarter Estimates for ODP

In the past 30 days, four estimates have gone higher for Office Depot while none have gone lower in the same time period. The trend has been pretty favorable too, with estimates increasing from 7 cents a share 30 days ago, to 9 cents today, a move of 28.6%.

Current Year Estimates for ODP

Meanwhile, Office Depot’s current year figures are also looking quite promising, with five estimates moving higher in the past month, compared to none lower. The consensus estimate trend has also seen a boost for this time frame, increasing from a loss of 49 cents per share 30 days ago to a 53 cents per share today, an increase of 8.2%.

Office Depot, Inc. Price and Consensus

Bottom Line

The stock has also started to move higher lately, adding 7.1% over the past four weeks, suggesting that investors are starting to take note of this impressive story. So investors may definitely want to consider this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock to profit in the near future. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

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