Media coverage about Landauer (NYSE:LDR) has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Landauer earned a news sentiment score of 0.19 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media headlines about the scientific and technical instruments company an impact score of 45.805048299007 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the immediate future.
Several brokerages have issued reports on LDR. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Landauer from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $72.00 target price for the company in a report on Tuesday. BidaskClub raised Landauer from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday.
Shares of Landauer (NYSE LDR) traded down 2.07% during trading on Thursday, hitting $59.15. The stock had a trading volume of 38,382 shares. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $55.81 and its 200-day moving average is $52.25. Landauer has a 12-month low of $41.00 and a 12-month high of $62.85. The company has a market cap of $570.09 million, a PE ratio of 30.63 and a beta of 1.30.
Landauer (NYSE:LDR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 8th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.18. Landauer had a return on equity of 80.03% and a net margin of 12.09%. The business had revenue of $39.89 million during the quarter. Analysts forecast that Landauer will post $1.92 earnings per share for the current year.
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About Landauer
Landauer, Inc is a provider of technical and analytical services to determine occupational and environmental radiation exposure. The Company is a provider of outsourced medical physics services, and a provider of radiology related medical products. The Company operates through three segments: Radiation Measurement, Medical Physics and Medical Products.
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