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Are You a Momentum Investor? This 1 Stock Could Be the Perfect Pick
It doesn't matter your age or experience: taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals for all investors.
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?
Momentum investors, who live by the saying "the trend is your friend," are most interested in taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Utilizing one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, among other factors, the Momentum Style Score can help determine favorable times to buy high-momentum stocks.
MDU Resources (MDU)
MDU Resources Group, Inc., a Bismarck, ND based company, was founded in 1924. Post the spinoff of Knife River, it turned into a utility natural gas distribution company. It provides value-added natural resource products and related services that are essential for energy transportation and regulated energy delivery services to its customers.
MDU sits at a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), holds a Momentum Style Score of B, and has a VGM Score of A. The stock is up 0.6% and up 5.4% over the past one-week and four-week period, respectively, and MDU Resources has lost 35.7% in the last one-year period as well. Additionally, an average of 1,457,610 shares were traded over the last 20 trading sessions.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2025, one analyst revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for MDU, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0 to $0.95 per share. MDU also boasts an average earnings surprise of 1.3%.
Investors should take the time to consider MDU for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings metrics, and impressive Momentum and VGM Style Scores.
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