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Teladoc (TDOC) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

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In the latest trading session, Teladoc (TDOC - Free Report) closed at $25.44, marking a -1.7% move from the previous day. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.76%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 1.05%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.98%.

Coming into today, shares of the telehealth services provider had lost 15.81% in the past month. In that same time, the Medical sector lost 4.24%, while the S&P 500 lost 3.91%.

Teladoc will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. On that day, Teladoc is projected to report earnings of -$0.47 per share, which would represent no growth from the year-ago period. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $617.57 million, up 9.24% from the prior-year quarter.

TDOC's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of -$1.36 per share and revenue of $2.6 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +98.39% and +8.05%, respectively.

Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Teladoc should also be noted by investors. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.

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. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 0.25% higher. Teladoc is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.

The Medical Services industry is part of the Medical sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 150, 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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