Of course there are several factors that drive a stock’s price. Window dressing being one of them - just wanted to point that out. Goes without saying, in the short term, stock movement is a function of investor perception based on analyst expection, buyback, divident increase/decrease etc. In the long term, the stocks movement will be directly related to its earnings growth - the market is speculative in the short term and a weighing machine in the long run.
I dont tend to focus too much on analyst expectation and other short term stuff. Just analyze the balance sheet, income statment and cash flow statement, and one is good to go.
Hope you participate more actively - would ike to see you open some threads - since you know your investing