Yahoo Finance Here's Why Ecolab (ECL) is a Strong Momentum Stock
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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.
Ecolab (ECL)
St. Paul, MN-headquartered Ecolab Inc. is a global sustainability provider offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life.
ECL is a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock, with a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of B. Shares are up 3.2% over the past one week and up 1% over the past four weeks. ECL has gained 31.6% in the last one-year period as well. Looking at trading volume, an average of 1,224,187.25 shares exchanged hands over the last 20 trading days.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2024, 10 analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for ECL, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.16 to $6.55 per share. ECL also boasts an average earnings surprise of 1.3%.
With strong earnings growth, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Momentum and VGM Style Scores, investors should think about adding ECL to their portfolios.
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