According to analysts surveyed by Zacks Research, Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC) is expected to post earnings of $0.55 per share for its most recent quarter. The company is set to release its earnings around 2016-04-12. Since the same set of brokers is not included by Thomson Reuters’ First Call, therefore, the earnings prediction given by Zacks polled analysts can marginally vary from that of First Call analysts. Both retail and institutional investors closely follow the updates in the analysts’ forecast ahead the fiscal report.

In its last quarter for the period ended on 2015-12-31, Linear Technology Corporation’s earnings came in at $0.5. This number was $0.04 off the analysts’ recommendation, yielding a surprise factor of 8.7%. Given the significance that earnings hold for investors, the company will be under pressure to perform in line with the expectations. It is witnessed that a company that performs at par, with the market expectations sees share price appreciation. Conversely, a company that underperforms the analysts’ estimates witnesses stock value depreciation following the re-lease of the report.

Price Recommendations

Currently, the sell-side analysts covering the stock have set its price target at $46.555 for the next twelve months. The price target echoes the opinion of 9 analysts, which were surveyed by Zacks research. The bullish and the bearish price target as projected by the analysts are set at 40 and $55 respectively.

Research firms use their methodology to express their rating outlook for a stock, which is converted by Zacks into a simplified scale of 1 to 5. Rating between 1 and 2 means a Strong Buy, while 3-5 implies a Hold or Sell recommendation. Based on this scale, Linear Technology Corporation has been rated as 2.75. The Zacks consensus estimate for the three months ago period stood at 2.75 for the company.

Sentiment Score

Over and above analysts’ recommendations, Alpha One is another firm that analyses online available information to provide a sentiment score to a stock. The firm uses a technology that picks the most impactful stock news. Following which, every stock is assigned a rating between -1 and 1 to assess as how a particular stock will react to the news. As per the news available today, Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC) has been given a sentiment score of 0.466. In addition to the sentiment score, Alpha One also provides daily impact score measured on a scale of 1-100 to express the intensity with which a stock will move beyond 1% in response to the news. As per which, the Impact Score of the company sits at 82.

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