Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM) ended the recent trading session at $53.35, demonstrating a -0.41% swing from the preceding day's closing price. The stock's performance was ahead of the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.86%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a drop of 0.9%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw a decrease of 2.76%.

Prior to today's trading, shares of the company had lost 16.01% over the past month. This has lagged the Transportation sector's loss of 2.01% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.01% in that time.

The investment community will be paying close attention to the earnings performance of Navios Maritime Partners LP in its upcoming release. In that report, analysts expect Navios Maritime Partners LP to post earnings of $3.80 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 41.79%. Meanwhile, the latest consensus estimate predicts the revenue to be $335.48 million, indicating a 3.81% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $13.50 per share and revenue of $1.28 billion, which would represent changes of +8.43% and -2.01%, respectively, from the prior year.

Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Navios Maritime Partners LP. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.

Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. To exploit this, we've formed the Zacks Rank, a quantitative model that includes these estimate changes and presents a viable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has shifted 6.05% downward. Navios Maritime Partners LP currently has a Zacks Rank of #4 (Sell).

Valuation is also important, so investors should note that Navios Maritime Partners LP has a Forward P/E ratio of 3.97 right now. This indicates a discount in contrast to its industry's Forward P/E of 7.47.

The Transportation - Shipping industry is part of the Transportation sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 170, this industry ranks in the bottom 33% of all industries, numbering over 250.

The Zacks Industry Rank evaluates the power of our distinct industry groups by determining the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks forming the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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