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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?
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.
Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)
Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, Advanced Energy Industries is a power technology company. The company is one of the leading suppliers of power subsystems and process-control technologies to the semiconductor industry.
AEIS sits at a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), holds a Momentum Style Score of A, and has a VGM Score of B. The stock is up 11.3% and up 34.3% over the past one-week and four-week period, respectively, and Advanced Energy Industries has gained 9.9% in the last one-year period as well. Additionally, an average of 422,110.41 shares were traded over the last 20 trading sessions.
Momentum investors also pay close attention to a company's earnings. For AEIS, three analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.29 to $4.98 per share for 2025. AEIS boasts an average earnings surprise of 16.8%.
Investors should take the time to consider AEIS for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings metrics, and impressive Momentum and VGM Style Scores.
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