Here's Why Woodward (WWD) is a Strong Momentum Stock
For new and old investors, taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals.
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.
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.
Woodward (WWD)
Headquartered in Fort Collins, CO, Woodward, Inc is an independent designer, manufacturer and service provider of energy control and optimization solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets.
WWD boasts a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of B, and holds a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) rating. Shares of Woodward has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is up 1.6% over the past one week and up 3.9% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, WWD has gained 31.2%. As for the stock's trading volume, 354,246.09 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2024, six analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for WWD, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.28 to $5.20 per share. WWD also boasts an average earnings surprise of 27.2%.
WWD should be on investors' short list because of its impressive earnings fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Momentum and VGM Style Scores.
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