Why This 1 Growth Stock Could Be a Great Addition to Your Portfolio

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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.

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.

Omnicom (OMC)

New York based Omnicom is one of the largest advertising, marketing and corporate communications companies in the world. The company’s agencies operate in all the major markets across the globe and provide an extensive range of services. Areas of operation include North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Africa, New Zealand, Singapore, and other Asian countries.

OMC boasts a Growth Style Score of B and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) rating. Its bottom-line is projected to rise 4.1% year-over-year for 2024, while Wall Street anticipates its top line to improve by 5.3%.

Three analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2024. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.03 to $7.71 per share. OMC boasts an average earnings surprise of 4%.

Looking at cash flow, Omnicom is expected to report cash flow growth of 3.1% this year; OMC has generated cash flow growth of 2.6% over the past three to five years.

With solid fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Growth and VGM Style Scores, OMC should be on investors' short lists.

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