For new and old investors, taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals.

Many investors also have a go-to methodology that helps guide their buy and sell decisions. One way to find winning stocks based on your preferred way of investing is to use the Zacks Style Scores, which are indicators that rate stocks based on three widely-followed investing types: value, growth, and momentum.

Is This 1 Momentum Stock a Screaming Buy Right Now?

For momentum investors, upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook take precedent, so they'll want to zero in on the Momentum Style Score. This Score can pinpoint good times to build a position in a stock, using factors like one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates.

CNO Financial (CNO)

Headquartered in Carmel, IN, CNO Financial Group Inc. is a top-tier holding company for a group of insurance companies operating throughout the U.S., which develops, administers and markets supplemental health insurance, annuity, individual life insurance and other insurance products. It distributes these products through three distribution channels: career agents, professional independent producers and direct marketing. Founded in 1979, Conseco Inc. began operations in 1982, going on to become a public company in 1985. It changed its name to CNO Financial Group Inc. on May 11, 2010.

CNO boasts a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of B, and holds a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) rating. Shares of CNO Financial has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is down 0.6% over the past one week and up 0.2% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, CNO has gained 4.5%. As for the stock's trading volume, 794,152.81 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.

Momentum investors don't just pay attention to price changes; positive earnings play a crucial role, too. Two analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2024. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.14 to $3.17 per share. CNO boasts an average earnings surprise of 3.6%.

With strong earnings growth, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Momentum and VGM Style Scores, investors should think about adding CNO to their portfolios.

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