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Updated Aug 18, 2025 12:14 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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2-Buy of 5   2      

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

  • Value Score A
  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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F Value B Growth B Momentum C VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 26% (64 out of 246)

Industry: Computer - Software

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Big Tech Reports: Global Week Ahead

Microsoft (MSFT), the second biggest U.S. company by market value, reports on Tuesday, followed by Elon Musk's Tesla (TSLA) on Wednesday. That's just the warm up for next week.

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Pre-Markets Stay Positive After Strong Friday Trading

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Investors Are Betting on Tech Again

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A big-time company that's quickly become an investor favorite, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), is slated to unveil its Q2 results on Tuesday, January 24th, after the market close. What's in store for the technology titan?

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Previewing Microsoft Earnings as Expectations Soften

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Roblox's (RBLX) December Metrics Indicate Promising Growth

Roblox (RBLX) sees increased engagement as estimated bookings and daily active users show growth for December.

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Microsoft (MSFT) Might Cut 11,000 Jobs Amid Market Turmoil

Microsoft (MSFT) employees are facing yet another bout of job cuts as tech giants continue to fire staff amid persisting challenges to global economy.

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