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by needhelpplz 4066 days ago
who sets these expectation numbers, how do they get it and why can't normal investors arrive at the same numbers?

isn't it possible that some number can be purposefully influenced so that the stock will go up upon announcement?

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> who sets these expectation numbers, how do they get it and why can't normal investors arrive at the same numbers?

I'm not quite sure what you're asking here: "Normal" investors can and do set these numbers. Every time you buy or sell a share of stock at a given price, you're adding your (tiny) signal of what you think the price should be (and nudging it a little in that direction as well). The price of the stock reflects the aggregate of the millions of these little guesses.