One such stock that you may want to consider dropping is Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: RGSE), which has witnessed a significant price decline in the past four weeks, and it has seen negative earnings estimate revisions for the current quarter and the current year. A Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) further confirms weakness in RGSE.
A key reason for this move has been the negative trend in earnings estimate revisions. For the full year, we have seen 1 estimates moving down in the past 30 days, compared with no upward revision. This trend has caused the consensus estimate to trend lower, going from a loss of 31 cents a share a month ago to its current level of a loss of 59 cents.
Also, for the current quarter, Real Goods Solar has seen 1 downward estimate revision versus no revision in the opposite direction, dragging the consensus estimate down to a loss of 17 cents a share from a loss of 10 cents over the past 30 days.
The stock also has seen some pretty dismal trading lately, as the share price has dropped 25.7% in the past month.
So it may not be a good decision to keep this stock in your portfolio anymore, at least if you don't have a long time horizon to wait.
If you are still interested in the broader Industrial Products sector, you may instead consider some better-ranked stocks including JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO), Crown Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CCK) and EnerSys (NYSE: ENS). All these stocks hold a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and may be better selections at this time.
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