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Solid Relative Price Strength Add Luster To These 5 Stocks

Published 01/14/2019, 06:36 AM
Updated 07/09/2023, 06:31 AM

Investors generally gauge a stock’s potential returns by examining earnings growth and valuation multiples. At the same time, it’s important to measure the performance of such a stock relative to its industry or peers, or the appropriate benchmark.

If you see that a stock is underperforming on fundamental factors, then it would be prudent to move on and find a better alternative. However, those outperforming their respective sectors in terms of price should be selected because they stand a better chance to provide considerable returns.

Then again, it is imperative that you determine whether or not an investment has relevant upside potential when considering stocks with significant relative price strength. Stocks delivering better than the S&P 500 over a period of 1 to 3 months at the least and having solid fundamentals indicate room for growth and are the best ways to go about this strategy.

Finally, it is important to find out whether analysts are optimistic about the upcoming earnings results of these companies. In order to do this, we have added positive estimate revisions for the current quarter’s (Q1) earnings to our screen. When a stock undergoes an upward revision, it leads to additional price gains.

Screening Parameters

Relative % Price change – 12 weeks greater than 0

Relative % Price change – 4 weeks greater than 0

Relative % Price change – 1 week greater than 0

(We have considered those stocks that have been outperforming the S&P 500 over the last 12 weeks, four weeks and one week.)

% Change (Q1) Est. over 4 Weeks greater than 0: Positive current quarter estimate revisions over the last four weeks.

Zacks Rank equal to 1: Only Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks – that have returned more than 26% annually over the last 26 years and surpassed the S&P 500 in 23 of the last 26 years – can get through. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Current Price greater than or equal to $5 and Average 20-day Volume greater than or equal to 50,000: A minimum price of $5 is a good standard to screen low-priced stocks, while a high trading volume would imply adequate liquidity.

VGM Score less than or equal to B: Our research shows that stocks with a VGM Score of A or B when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2 (Buy) offer the best upside potential.

Here are five stocks that made it through the screen:

The Meet Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MEET) : The Meet Group, headquartered in New Hope, PA, is a provider of mobile social entertainment apps to facilitate human connection. The firm has a VGM Score of B and an excellent earnings surprise history. It has a 100% track of outperforming estimates over the last four quarters at an average rate of 50.9%.

Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD) : Tech Data is one of the leading wholesale distributors of information technology products, logistics management and other value-added services. The FY 2019 Zacks Consensus Estimate for this Clearwater, FL-based company is $10.94, representing some 20.1% earnings per share growth over FY 2018. Next fiscal year’s average forecast is $11.50 pointing to another 5.2% growth. Tech Data has a VGM Score of B.

Resources Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ:RECN) : A global business consulting firm with diverse service offerings ranging from accounting to human capital, Resources Connection has a VGM Score of A. Over 30 days, the Irvine, CA-based company has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for FY 2019 and FY 2020 increase 14.9% and 14.1%, to $1.00 and $1.13 per share, respectively.

Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) : Wynn Resorts, together with its subsidiaries, is a leading developer, owner and operator of casino resorts. Sporting a VGM Score of B, this Las Vegas, NV-headquartered company’s expected EPS growth rate for three to five years currently stands at 20%, comparing favorably with the industry's growth rate of 15.1%.

ArcBest Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCB) : Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Fort Smith, AR, ArcBest is a long-haul freight transport and logistics company. The company has a VGM Score of A and an enviable earnings surprise history having surpassed estimates in each of the last four quarters.

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