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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?
Different than value or growth investors, momentum-oriented investors live by the saying "the trend is your friend." This investing style is all about taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Employing factors like one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, the Momentum Style Score can indicate favorable times to build a position in high-momentum stocks.
Mercury Systems (MRCY)
Headquartered in Andover, MA, Mercury Systems, Inc. was founded in 1981. The company is one of the world’s leading providers of sensor and safety critical mission processing subsystems. Earlier, the company was known as Mercury Computer Systems. However, in November 2012, it changed the name to Mercury Systems, Inc.
MRCY 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 3.6% and up 6.5% over the past one-week and four-week period, respectively, and Mercury Systems has gained 49.9% in the last one-year period as well. Additionally, an average of 598,901.13 shares were traded over the last 20 trading sessions.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2025, two analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for MRCY, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.02 to $0.33 per share. MRCY also boasts an average earnings surprise of 168.4%.
MRCY 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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