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EPS estimate revision alerts

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Analyst EPS estimates are revised constantly as new information comes in. The direction and pace of revisions tend to lead price action — when consensus EPS gets revised up several times in a few weeks, the stock usually follows. Revision alerts let you see the move forming.

Why estimate revisions matter

Sell-side analysts rarely change their ratings without a reason. Estimate revisions are the more granular version of the same signal — the analyst hasn't formally changed their view yet, but their underlying numbers are moving. Multiple revisions in the same direction over a short window usually precede a rating change, an institutional repositioning, or both.

What Tickerbot tracks

Tickerbot stores analyst EPS estimates with revision history at multiple horizons: current quarter, next quarter, current year, next year. For each ticker we track the count of revisions up vs. down over rolling 7-day, 30-day, and 90-day windows.

Basic revision tracker

Any stock in my watchlist with three or more upward EPS revisions in the last 30 days and zero downward revisions

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NVDA has 5 upward revisions and 0 downward in the last 30 days. EPS estimate up 12%.

Stacking with technical setup

Estimate revisions become a much higher-conviction signal when paired with a confirming technical move. A stock with rapidly improving estimates that is also breaking out is the case where the fundamentals and the chart agree.

Fundamentals + technicals

Any stock with EPS estimates revised up more than 5% in the last 30 days that just had a fresh breakout on volume

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AVGO EPS revised up 7% in 30d, broke 20-day high at $182 on 2.1× volume.

The downward version

The same logic works in reverse — clusters of downward revisions are an early warning of deteriorating fundamentals. For risk management on existing holdings, the downward version is often the more useful alert.

Risk alert

Any stock I currently hold with three or more downward EPS revisions in the last 30 days

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2 holdings flagged. Both have multiple consecutive downward revisions.

Variants worth setting up

Upward revisions paired with a recent analyst upgrade (compounding signal)
Revision direction divergence — estimates up but stock down (potential entry)
Revisions on the next quarter specifically (more sensitive than annual)
Revenue revisions, not just EPS (top-line vs bottom-line signal)

Set up your first revision alert

Tickerbot pulls revision history from the analyst feed and lets you alert on direction, count, and time window.