Stock to Watch: NeuStar, Inc. (NSR)

The shares of NeuStar, Inc. (NYSE:NSR) currently has mean rating of 2.71 while 1 analysts have recommended the shares as “BUY”, 0 recommended as “OUTPERFORM” and 6 recommended as “HOLD”. The rating score is on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 stands for strong buy and 5 stands for sell.

The company’s mean estimate for sales for the current quarter ending Jun 16 is 297.37M by 7 analysts. The means estimate of sales for the year ending Dec-16 is 1.23B by 7 analysts.

The mean price target for the shares of NeuStar, Inc. (NSR) is at 29.50 while the highest price target suggested by the analysts is 31.00 and low price target is 27.00. The mean price target is calculated keeping in view the consensus of 4 brokerage firms.

The average estimate of EPS for the current fiscal quarter for NeuStar, Inc. (NSR) stands at 1.21 while the EPS for the current year is fixed at 5.54 by 4 analysts.

The next one year’s EPS estimate is set at 5.54 by 4 analysts while a year ago the analysts suggested the company’s EPS at 5.15. The analysts also projected the company’s long-term growth at -21.65% for the upcoming five years.

In its latest quarter ended on 31^st March 2016, NeuStar, Inc. (NSR) reported earnings of $1.06. The posted earnings missed the analyst’s consensus by $-0.12 with the surprise factor of -10.20%. In the matter of earnings surprises, the term “Cockroach Effect” is often implied. Cockroach Effect is a market theory that suggests that when a company reveals bad news to the public, there may be many more related negative events that have yet to be revealed. In the case of earnings surprises, if a company is suggesting a negative earnings surprise it means there are more to come.

On June 8, 2016 NeuStar, Inc. (NSR) announced that Pier 1 Imports, the original global importer of home décor and furniture, has chosen Neustar MarketShare to evaluate its marketing efforts across channels. Through this partnership, Pier 1 Imports hopes to more accurately measure the impact of its marketing expenditures on consumer actions by using the award-winning MarketShare DecisionCloud solution to optimize its various marketing investments.

With the continued rise in online retail sales, Pier 1 Imports needed a forward-thinking strategy to link the impact of marketing spending to consumers’ buying behaviors and to adjust digital tactics in-flight. With a hyper focus on the shifts in buying habits, Pier 1 Imports is ensuring that its marketing campaigns remain relevant and personalized by employing MarketShare DecisionCloud.