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Teladoc (TDOC) Stock Moves -0.81%: What You Should Know

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Teladoc (TDOC - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $26.81, moving -0.81% from the previous trading session. This change was narrower than the S&P 500's 1.03% loss on the day. At the same time, the Dow lost 1.15%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.37%.

Coming into today, shares of the telehealth services provider had lost 11.67% in the past month. In that same time, the Medical sector lost 0.28%, while the S&P 500 lost 3.51%.

Teladoc will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. The company is expected to report EPS of -$0.59, down 11.32% from the prior-year quarter. Our most recent consensus estimate is calling for quarterly revenue of $608.82 million, up 16.71% from the year-ago period.

TDOC's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of -$61.39 per share and revenue of $2.4 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of -4515.79% and +18.09%, respectively.

Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Teladoc should also be noted by investors. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.

Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

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. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 6.33% higher within the past month. Teladoc is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

The Medical Services industry is part of the Medical sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 151, putting it in the bottom 41% 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.

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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