Are You a Growth Investor? This 1 Stock Could Be the Perfect Pick

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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.

While you may have an investing style you rely on, finding great stocks is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores. These are complementary indicators that rate stocks based on value, growth, and/or momentum characteristics.

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.

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (MTW)

Incorporated in 1902, Manitowoc is a leading provider of engineered lifting solutions, including lattice-boom cranes, tower cranes, mobile telescopic cranes and boom trucks. The company has three reportable segments, the Americas segment, EURAF segment, and MEAP segment.

MTW sits at a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), holds a Growth Style Score of A, and has a VGM Score of A. Earnings and sales are forecasted to increase 5.7% and 3% year-over-year, respectively.

One analyst revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.08 to $1.12 per share for 2023. MTW boasts an average earnings surprise of 256.3%.

Looking at cash flow, The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is expected to report cash flow growth of 30.3% this year; MTW has generated cash flow growth of 27% over the past three to five years.

MTW should be on investors' short lists because of its impressive growth fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Growth and VGM Style Scores.

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