The ODP -ODP Corp. (ODP) Increases Yet Falls Behind Market: What Investors Need to Know

Group 1 - ODP Corp. closed at $22.12, with a daily increase of +0.55%, underperforming the S&P 500 which gained 1.26% [1] - Over the past month, ODP Corp. shares have decreased by 15.42%, significantly trailing the Retail-Wholesale sector's loss of 1.93% and the S&P 500's loss of 2.82% [1] Group 2 - ODP Corp. is expected to report an EPS of$ 0.80, reflecting a decline of 13.04% from the same quarter last year, with projected revenue of $1.59 billion, down 11.77% year-over-year [2] - Recent analyst estimates for ODP Corp. have remained stagnant, indicating a Zacks Rank of 5 (Strong Sell) [5] Group 3 - ODP Corp. has a Forward P/E ratio of 5.05, which is below the industry average of 12.03, suggesting a valuation discount [5] - The company has a PEG ratio of 0.36, compared to the industry average of 1.85, indicating lower expected earnings growth relative to its peers [6] Group 4 - The Retail - Miscellaneous industry, which includes ODP Corp., has a Zacks Industry Rank of 204, placing it in the bottom 19% of over 250 industries [6] - The Zacks Rank system indicates that the top 50% of rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1 [7]