I understand your frustration but you can still miss the consensus from analysts. Analysts are paid to give estimates for future price, earnings, sales and so forth for the next few quarters.
Yeah, the company was not missing "the estimates" - Wall St. "analysts" guessed wrong.
I hate how consensus analysis turns out like a dictat from the high priesthood - you must jump this high even though you forecasted something completely different.
On the other hand they published predictions earlier that way shortly too high. In that case those false expectations boosted the stock. So maybe it evens out?
Even if companies publish their own guidance, Wall St. analyst consensus does not necessarily match, and you can miss on those expectations you did not set anyway.
