Earnings Estimates compared to Zacks (ticker UTHR)

United Therapeutics (UTHR) went down this last week due supposedly to a downward revision in current year earnings estimates, at least according to Zacks (June 16):

“United Therapeutics Corporation (UTHR) saw a big move last session, as the company’s shares fell by nearly 8.0% on the day. The move came on pretty good volume too with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This continues the recent downtrend for UTHR, as the stock is now down nearly 10.9% in the past one-month time frame. This slump shouldn’t be too much of a surprise to investors, as the company has seen one negative revision in the past few weeks and its current year earnings estimate has moved lower over the last 30 days. This suggests there may be more trouble down the road. So make sure to keep an eye on this stock going forward to see if this recent slump will continue, as the earnings picture definitely suggests that this might be the case.”
See:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/weakness-seen-united-therapeutics-uthr-112607703.html

My question is that in our system, UTHR does not show a downward change compared to 4 weeks ago (or 8/13wks):

Rank data as of 06/16/14, Report: Screen Factors
No Ticke Name Last @CurFYEPSMean @CurFYEPS4WkAgo @CurFYEPS8WkAgo @CurFYEPS13WkAgo
1 UTHR United Therapeutics Corp 90.45 8.07 7.98 7.30 7.28

Any idea why Zacks would have different numbers than P123?

David,

Here is a thread with some information: Zacks Post

You’re not looking at the revision figures there. You’re looking at the consensus estimate. The consensus estimate can be affected by analysts initiating or dropping coverage or splits.

CurFYDnRev4WkAgo does show a revision in that that time frame.

Also, bear in mind that we receive most of the estimates data on this site fully formed from S&P. Beyond verifying that we’re using what was received, there’s relatively little insight that we can give into the numbers.

My confusion is coming from the use of the word ‘estimate’ and what it means in the context of that specific sentence. it sounds like it can refer to either the up/down analyst movement or the actual EPS number, depending on the situation. In this case, it was the movement. Got it.
I looked at the ‘Zacks Post’ thread and it helped.

I also understand that P123 is passing along this data from S&P and others. (I don’t expect you to verify this stuff.)

Thank you both.