It doesn't matter your age or experience: taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals for all investors.
Achieving those goals is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores, a unique set of guidelines that rates stocks based on popular investing methodologies, namely value, growth, and momentum. The Style Scores can help you narrow down which stocks are better for your portfolio and which ones can beat the market over the long-term.
Why This 1 Growth Stock Should Be On Your Watchlist
For growth investors, a company's financial strength, overall health, and future outlook take precedence, so they'll want to zero in on the Growth Style Score. This Score examines things like projected and historical earnings, sales, and cash flow to find stocks that will generate sustainable growth over time.
Gibraltar Industries (ROCK)
Gibraltar Industries Inc. manufactures and distributes products to the industrial and buildings market. The products range from ventilation and expanded metal to mail storage solutions and rain dispersion products and solutions.
ROCK boasts a Growth Style Score of A and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) rating. Its bottom-line is projected to rise 12.9% year-over-year for 2024, while Wall Street anticipates its top line to improve by 5.1%.
One analyst revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2024. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.01 to $4.64 per share. ROCK boasts an average earnings surprise of 14.2%.
Gibraltar Industries is also cash rich. The company has generated cash flow growth of 12%, and is expected to report cash flow expansion of 13.6% in 2024.
With solid fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Growth and VGM Style Scores, ROCK should be on investors' short lists.
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