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Updated Aug 28, 2025 12:06 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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D Value B Growth A 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 20% (49 out of 245)

Industry: Computer - Software

Zacks News

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Microsoft (MSFT) Rolls Out Windows 11: Major Takeaways

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Microsoft Tops $2 Trillion Market Cap: ETFs in Focus

Microsoft topped $2 trillion market cap for the first time at the close of the trading session on Jun 24. This has made the world's largest software maker the second U.S. company to reach this level after the technology giant Apple.

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Salesforce (CRM) Expands AWS Partnership to Enhance App Development

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Microsoft (MSFT) Boasts Earnings & Price Momentum: Should You Buy?

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Nasdaq at New Peak: ETFs to Tap the Surge

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Markets Stay Buoyant Amid Bitcoin, Powell

It's a new record high close for the Nasdaq, as Microsoft (MSFT) became the second $2 trillion company by market cap.

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Buy Nike and FedEx Stock Before Earnings as Long-Term Holds?

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Facebook (FB) Launches Live Audio Rooms, Podcasts in the US

Facebook (FB) launches Live Audio Rooms and podcasts on its platform for public figures and select users in the United States in an attempt to expand its presence in the live audio services market.

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4 Stocks to Watch as Videogame Sales Continue to Soar

High demand for videogames during the pandemic has been boosting sales of consoles from Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) and Sony Corporation (SNE).

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4 Stocks to Make the Most of Solid Demand for Mobile Gaming

Mobile gaming seems ready to witness further growth, owing to the many conveniences it provides to users, making it prudent to look at names like Electronic Arts (EA) and Activision Blizzard (ATVI).

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Microsoft (MSFT) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know

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Amazon (AMZN) AWS Picked by Ferrari, Bolsters Client Base

Amazon's (AMZN) cloud portfolio efficiency and reliability get highlighted with the Ferrari agreement.

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Stock Market News for Jun 21, 2021

U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Friday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 recording their worst week in months as investors worried after the central bank indicated that it could increase interest rates sooner than expected.

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Synopsys (SNPS) Reloads Stock-Buyback Authorization to $500M

Synopsys (SNPS) boosts shareholders' wealth through replenishment of share-repurchase authorization limit to $500 million.

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BOX & ServiceNow Integration to Smooth Out Legal Workflow

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Microsoft (MSFT) Reportedly Eyeing China Data Center Expansion

Microsoft is reportedly looking to capitalize on revenue opportunity in the cloud space, especially in Asia-Pacific with data center footprint expansion.

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Stock Market News for Jun 18, 2021

U.S. stock markets closed mixed in Thursday's session as investors continued to take note of the U.S. Federal Reserve's comments on potential rate hikes and inflation expectations while heavyweight technology shares rallied, prompted by falling Treasury yields.

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Facebook (FB) Plans to Put Ads on Oculus Quest VR Headset

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Salesforce (CRM) Enters Key Olympic and Paralympic Partnerships

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