Actinium Pharmaceuticals (ATNM) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know

Actinium Pharmaceuticals (ATNM) closed the most recent trading day at $11.11, moving +0.63% from the previous trading session. This change outpaced the S&P 500’s 0.8% loss on the day. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.35%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1.94%.

Coming into today, shares of the cancer drug developer had gained 0.18% in the past month. In that same time, the Medical sector gained 4.79%, while the S&P 500 gained 5.72%.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from ATNM as it approaches its next earnings report date. On that day, ATNM is projected to report earnings of -$0.46 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 61.67%.

It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for ATNM. 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.

Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. 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 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 remained stagnant. ATNM is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.

The Medical – Drugs industry is part of the Medical sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 186, putting it in the bottom 28% of all 250+ industries.

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