MedTech Stocks Q1 Earnings Preview: AXDX, CFMS, SENS

 | May 11, 2016 07:31AM ET

With more than 87% of S&P 500 members having reported their Q1 earnings as of May 6, 2016, the overall earnings picture that emerges is quite unimpressive. Macroeconomic and socio-political factors played spoilsport, dealing a blow to crucial sectors in the S&P 500 cohort like Finance, Energy and Technology.

Nevertheless, even in the face of such adversities, Medical retains some sheen (being third among the 16 Zacks sectors in terms of market capitalization) and is expected to post a bright Q1 scorecard. Notably, 79.6% of the medical stocks which have already released earnings have beat earnings while 69.4% topped the revenue estimate. (For more information on this, please check our Zacks Zacks Investment Research

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