Analysts were expecting Move, Inc. (MOVE) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $0.02 for last quarter, but MOVE missed expectations with actual earnings of $0.00---2 cents below the consensus estimate. MOVE also issued earnings guidance for next quarter that is below current analyst expectations.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $-0.02 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that MOVE’s earnings are up this year.

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Also, if you compare MOVE's 21.33% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 23.03% for the Internet Information Providers industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect MOVE to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Internet Information Providers industry, you can see how analysts believe MOVE will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Baidu, Inc. (BIDU) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe SOHU's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 39.51% while BIDU's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 37.42%.

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