LOj, Zacks 2 dollar recommendation is not even based on earnings expectations. And they do get paid by PTQ for writing their report.
I'm not saying the Zacks can't do some good work but this report does not seem to be one of their main stream type of reports. They have been creative in how they have arrived at a 2 dollar price target. It may have been a lot of work to produce the report but the method used is not based on earnings estimates and expectations.
I thought that was what you were after. A company with growing cashflow and profits. This Zacks report gives you no insight in to PTQ's earnings beyond what the company is telling you.
As for Thomson One Analytics, I fully expect that they will drop the number one rating on PTQ once the loss from this quarter works it's way into their formulas for calculating their rankings because they will use earnings as a main criteria.
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