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For new and old investors, taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals.
Many investors also have a go-to methodology that helps guide their buy and sell decisions. One way to find winning stocks based on your preferred way of investing is to use the Zacks Style Scores, which are indicators that rate stocks based on three widely-followed investing types: value, growth, and momentum.
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.
Integer (ITGR)
Plano, TX-based Integer Holdings Corporation is a medical device contract development and manufacturing organization, serving the cardiac rhythm management, neuromodulation, and cardio and vascular markets. It serves as a partner to medical device companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and provides innovative, high-quality products and solutions. Its brands include Greatbatch Medical and Lake Region Medical, while its primary customers include large, multi-national OEMs and their affiliated subsidiaries.
ITGR sits at a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), holds a Momentum Style Score of A, and has a VGM Score of A. The stock is down 0.5% and up 0.3% over the past one-week and four-week period, respectively, and Integer has gained 3.4% in the last one-year period as well. Additionally, an average of 673,141.50 shares were traded over the last 20 trading sessions.
Momentum investors also pay close attention to a company's earnings. For ITGR, three analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.06 to $6.07 per share for 2025. ITGR boasts an average earnings surprise of 2.4%.
ITGR 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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