Why Post Holdings (POST) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Term
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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.
Is This 1 Momentum Stock a Screaming Buy Right Now?
Different than value or growth investors, momentum-oriented investors live by the saying "the trend is your friend." This investing style is all about taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Employing factors like one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, the Momentum Style Score can indicate favorable times to build a position in high-momentum stocks.
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 boasts a Momentum Style Score of B and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) rating. Shares of Post Holdings has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is up 4.9% over the past one week and up 1.2% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, POST has lost 5.5%. As for the stock's trading volume, 478,158.41 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2023, two analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for POST, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.21 to $5.07 per share. POST also boasts an average earnings surprise of 59.6%.
Investors should take the time to consider POST for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings metrics, and impressive Momentum and VGM Style Scores.
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