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Wall Street bulls held their ground to start 2025.
Last week, investors celebrated a slightly cool inflation reading that increased the likelihood of multiple rate cuts this year. On top of that, JPMorgan, Taiwan Semiconductor, and others kicked off fourth quarter earnings season on a high note.
See the Zacks Earnings Calendar to stay ahead of market-making news.
Investors and business leaders are also cheering on the pro-growth policies of the second Trump administration.
Given this broadly bullish backdrop, let’s dig into how investors can use a Zacks screen to help find some of the best Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks to buy now and throughout 2025.
Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks outperform the market in both good and bad times. However, there are over 200 stocks that earn a Zacks Rank #1 at any given time.
Therefore, it’s helpful to understand how to apply filters to the Zacks Rank in order to narrow the list down to a more manageable and tradable set of stocks.
Parameters
Clearly, there are only three items on this screen. But together, these three filters can result in some impressive returns.
• Zacks Rank equal to 1
Starting with a Zacks Rank #1 is often a strong jumping off point because it boasts an average annual return of roughly 24.4% per year since 1988.
• % Change (Q1) Est. over 4 Weeks greater than 0
Positive current quarter estimate revisions over the last four weeks.
• % Broker Rating Change over 4 Week equal to Top # 5
Top 5 stocks with the best average broker rating changes over the last four weeks.
This strategy comes loaded with the Research Wizard and is called bt_sow_filtered zacks rank5. It can be found in the SoW (Screen of the Week) folder.
Here is one of the five stocks that qualified for the Filtered Zacks Rank 5 strategy today…
Why This Market-Crushing Tech Stock is a Must-Buy Right Now
AppLovin Corporation APP was one of the hottest technology stocks on Wall Street in 2024 and over the last several years. APP stock has skyrocketed 700% in the past 12 months to crush Nvidia, including APP’s 120% run since its Q3 release in November.
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AppLovin’s growth comes as its AI-enhanced portfolio empowers companies and app developers to acquire and keep their ideal users and increase value across customers’ lifecycles.
AppLovin is thriving as developers and companies flock to its offerings in the hyper-competitive digital app economy. The digital application monetization company is projected to grow its revenue by 40% in 2024 and 24% in 2025 to reach $5.68 billion vs. $1.45 billion in 2020.