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Screen of the Week: Archive
Boost Your Returns with a Return on Equity Strategy
by Benjamin Rains
Return on Equity or ROE helps investors understand if a firm's executives are creating assets with investors' cash or burning it.
NOAPositive Net Change GLDDNegative Net Change ENVAPositive Net Change
construction earnings finance industrial-products
Get Explosive Returns with the Filtered Zacks Rank 5 Strategy
by Benjamin Rains
Ben Rains goes over the Filtered Zacks Rank 5 strategy. Learn how it can help you pick the best of the Zacks #1 Rank stocks.
OPBKPositive Net Change MCSPositive Net Change ARGONegative Net Change
consumer-discretionary finance
Profit from Stocks Hitting New Highs
by Benjamin Rains
A stock making a new 52-week high is a 'good thing,' just as one falling to a new 52-week low is a 'bad thing.'
XLNXPositive Net Change SPRPositive Net Change CSIQNegative Net Change
aerospace oil-energy semiconductor tech-stocks
Harness the Power of New Analyst Coverage
by Benjamin Rains
As new coverage is initiated, the company and the stock become more visible, which in turn often leads to more demand potential and therefore the possibility of higher prices.
UISPositive Net Change TITNPositive Net Change SANDPositive Net Change PAMPositive Net Change JRVRPositive Net Change
business-services industrial-products precious-metals
Boost Your Returns with a Return on Equity Strategy
by Benjamin Rains
Return on Equity or ROE helps investors understand if a firm's executives are creating assets with investors' cash or burning it.
SNXPositive Net Change SKYWPositive Net Change ASIXPositive Net Change
airlines tech-stocks
Get Explosive Returns with the Filtered Zacks Rank 5 Strategy
by Benjamin Rains
Today we are going to show investors how to add two relatively simple filters to our Zacks Rank #1 criteria that narrows down the number of stocks and often increases its performance as well.
XLNXPositive Net Change MOHPositive Net Change FLPositive Net Change
retail tech-stocks
Profit From Surprise This Earnings Season
by Benjamin Rains
Every earnings season features positive and negative surprises on both the top and the bottom lines. Therefore, our screen focuses on earnings and revenue surprises because investors should pay close attention to both metrics.
TWTRPositive Net Change PLNTPositive Net Change IRBTNegative Net Change FIVNPositive Net Change CHGGPositive Net Change
earnings
Explosive Stocks Under $10
by Benjamin Rains
We are starting off 2019's Screen of the Week articles by searching for "cheap" stocks that look poised to surge.
VSINegative Net Change TRVGPositive Net Change SNAPPositive Net Change SPositive Net Change AEGPositive Net Change
communications insurance internet-content tech-stocks
Winning Stock Picks from the Top 5 Industries with the Biggest Job Growth
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras goes over how to find winning stock-picking ideas in the government's 'boring' economic reports. Highlighted stocks include NSP, AMED, FIX, GEN and FWRD.
NSPPositive Net Change GENPositive Net Change FWRDPositive Net Change FIXPositive Net Change AMEDNo Net Change
Winning Stock Picks from the Top 5 Industries with the Biggest Job Growth
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras goes over how to find winning stock-picking ideas in the government's 'boring' economic reports. Highlighted stocks include PAYX, LXFR, WCG, TAST and JEC.
WCGPositive Net Change TASTPositive Net Change PAYXNegative Net Change LXFRPositive Net Change JECPositive Net Change
Winning Stock Picks from the Top 5 Industries with the Biggest Job Growth
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras goes over how to find winning stock-picking ideas in the government's 'boring' economic reports. Highlighted stocks include BCOR, ROP, PRAH, MDC and CLF.
ROPNegative Net Change PRAHPositive Net Change MDCPositive Net Change CLFPositive Net Change BCORNegative Net Change
Winning Stock Picks from the Top 5 Industries with the Biggest Job Growth
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras goes over how to find winning stock-picking ideas in the government's 'boring' economic reports. Highlighted stocks include BKE, MTZ, SSTI, ODFL and SYK.
SYKNegative Net Change SSTIPositive Net Change ODFLPositive Net Change
How to Uncover Institutional Buying
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras goes over how to screen for weekly volume increases to uncover institutional buying. Highlighted stocks include PGTI, RLI, NOAH, AGLE and WTI.
WTIPositive Net Change RLINegative Net Change PGTIPositive Net Change NOAHNegative Net Change
Winning Stock Picks from the Top 4 Industries with the Biggest Job Growth
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras goes over how to find winning stock-picking ideas in the government's 'boring' economic reports. Highlighted stocks include WCN, ROP, SYK and HCLP.
WCNNegative Net Change SYKNegative Net Change ROPNegative Net Change HCLPPositive Net Change
Explosive Stocks Under $10
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras looks for stocks under $10 with explosive potential. Highlighted stocks include BTE, CPST, ECYT, FBP and FCEL.
FCELNegative Net Change FBPPositive Net Change ECYTNo Net Change CPSTNegative Net Change
Why the P/S Ratio is My Favorite Valuation Metric
by Kevin Matras
This week, Kevin Matras shows how to use the Price to Sales ratio. Highlighted stocks include CACI, HCLP, ATI, FLR and NRG.
NRGPositive Net Change HCLPPositive Net Change FLRPositive Net Change CACINegative Net Change
Winning Stock Picks from the Top 4 Industries with the Biggest Job Growth
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras goes over how to find winning stock-picking ideas in the government's 'boring' economic reports. Highlighted stocks include V, GGG, CNC and ARCH.
VNegative Net Change GGGPositive Net Change CNCPositive Net Change ARCHPositive Net Change
What's Your Stock's Price Target?
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras explains how to calculate a stock's price target and how to find stocks currently trading below them. Highlighted stocks include BC, MEOH, FLT, MKSI and AMAT.
MKSIPositive Net Change MEOHPositive Net Change FLTPositive Net Change
Winning Stock Picks from the Top 5 Industries with the Biggest Job Growth
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras goes over how to find winning stock-picking ideas in the government's 'boring' economic reports. Highlighted stocks include FLR, BBY, ACN, EVR and DOV.
FLRPositive Net Change EVRPositive Net Change DOVPositive Net Change
How to Uncover Institutional Buying
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras goes over how to screen for weekly volume increases to uncover institutional buying. Highlighted stocks include CNK, HAS, ENVA, ARRY and TTGT.
TTGTNegative Net Change HASPositive Net Change ENVAPositive Net Change
Winning Stock Picks from the Top 4 Industries with the Biggest Job Growth
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras goes over how to find winning stock-picking ideas in the government's 'boring' economic reports. Highlighted stocks include MDC, RUTH, MEDP and XYL.
XYLPositive Net Change RUTHPositive Net Change MEDPPositive Net Change
Why the P/S Ratio is My Favorite Valuation Metric
by Kevin Matras
This week, Kevin Matras shows how to use the Price to Sales ratio. Highlighted stocks include ARAY, BHLB, SHLM, SYY and TLRD.
TLRDPositive Net Change SYYPositive Net Change SHLMPositive Net Change BHLBPositive Net Change
A Company's First Profit Can Mean Big Profits to Investors
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras screens for companies showing their 'first profit' and explains why they are ones to watch. Highlighted stocks include HWCC, IOTS, TGH, TRUP and UPLD.
UPLDNegative Net Change TRUPPositive Net Change TGHPositive Net Change IOTSPositive Net Change
Get Ready To Be Surprised This Earnings Season
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras details a good screen to use before and after a company reports this earnings season. Highlighted stocks include APH, CATY, WRB, MOD and ALL.
WRBNegative Net Change MODPositive Net Change CATYPositive Net Change
Winning Stock Picks from the Top 3 Industries with the Biggest Job Growth
by Kevin Matras
Kevin Matras goes over how to find winning stock-picking ideas in the government's 'boring' economic reports. Highlighted stocks include PHM, CNC and KMT.
PHMPositive Net Change KMTPositive Net Change CNCPositive Net Change