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.
Autoliv, Inc. (ALV)
Based in Stockholm, Autoliv is a holding company that operates through two principal subsidiaries — Autoliv AB and Autoliv ASP. Autoliv was born from the 1997 merger of Swedish firm Autoliv AB and U.S. firm Morton ASP. On Jun 29, 2018, Autoliv completed the spin-off of its Electronics business to Veoneer, Inc. Following the completion of the spin-off, the company has been focused on occupant safety products.
ALV is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock, with a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of A. Shares are up 2.6% over the past one week and up 2.5% over the past four weeks. ALV has gained 42.8% in the last one-year period as well. Looking at trading volume, an average of 850,065.31 shares exchanged hands over the last 20 trading 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 ALV, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.09 to $6.68 per share. ALV also boasts an average earnings surprise of 11.3%.
ALV 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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