Should You Sell NetApp (NTAP) Before Earnings?

Investors are always looking for stocks that are poised to beat at earnings season and NetApp, Inc. NTAPmay be one such company. The firm has earnings coming up pretty soon, and events are shaping up quite nicely for their report.

That is because NetApp is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity as of late, which is generally a precursor to an earnings beat.

After all, analysts raising estimates right before earnings—with the most up-to-date information possible—is a pretty good indicator of some favorable trends underneath the surface for NTAP in this report.

Analysts have very recently bumped up their estimates for NTAP, giving the stock a Zacks Earnings ESP of +2.49% heading into earnings season.