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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?
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.
Pediatrix Medical Group (MD)
Headquartered in Sunrise, FL, Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. changed its corporate name from Mednax, effective Jul 1, 2022, to improve brand awareness. It continues trading under its current ticker symbol, MD.
MD boasts a Momentum Style Score of B and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) rating. Shares of Pediatrix Medical Group has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is down 0.8% over the past one week and up 0.5% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, MD has gained 52.7%. As for the stock's trading volume, 708,231.63 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2025, five analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for MD, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.08 to $1.55 per share. MD also boasts an average earnings surprise of 19.4%.
MD 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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