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

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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.

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.

Post Holdings (POST)

Based in Missouri, Post Holdings is a consumer-packaged goods holding company, which is involved in the production of center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice, food ingredient and convenient nutrition product categories. It also engages in the private brand food category.

POST is a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stock, with a Growth Style Score of B and VGM Score of A. Earnings are expected to grow 3.4% year-over-year for the current fiscal year, with sales growth of 15.2%.

Four analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for fiscal 2024, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.63 to $5.52 per share. POST also boasts an average earnings surprise of 52.2%.

Looking at cash flow, Post Holdings is expected to report cash flow growth of 66.2% this year; POST has generated cash flow growth of 2.7% over the past three to five years.

Investors should take the time to consider POST for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Rank rating, notable growth metrics, and impressive Growth and VGM Style Scores.

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