Shares of Symbotic (NASDAQ: SYM) rose 55.4% in November 2023, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The soaring jump hinged on a stellar fourth-quarter report, published on the evening of Nov. 20. The robotic automation specialist outperformed both Wall Street's expectations and its own.

The average analyst had expected Symbotic to report a net loss of approximately $0.12 per share on sales near $307 million. The bottom-line result was impressive enough as the losses stopped at $0.08 per share, but top-line revenues provided most of the rocket fuel in this case. Sales rose 60% year over year, landing at $392 million. The Wall Street pros weren't even in the right ballpark.

In all fairness, the analysts' consensus estimates aligned with Symbotic's official guidance targets, which aimed revenues at roughly $300 million. Still, the robotics automation expert breezed by every revenue expectation with authority.

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