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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.
First Horizon National (FHN)
First Horizon Corporation is a financial services company based in Memphis, TN. It provides diversified financial services, mainly via its principal subsidiary First Horizon Bank. First Horizon Bank's principal divisions and subsidiaries operate under the brands of First Horizon Bank, IBERIABANK, First Horizon Advisors and FHN Financial. The company offers regional banking, mortgage lending, title insurance, specialized commercial lending, commercial leasing and equipment financing, brokerage, wealth management and capital market services.
FHN boasts a Momentum Style Score of B and VGM Score of B, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Shares of First Horizon National has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is down 3.2% over the past one week and up 22% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, FHN has gained 53.7%. As for the stock's trading volume, 6,432,201 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.
Momentum investors also pay close attention to a company's earnings. For FHN, four analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.03 to $1.49 per share for 2024. FHN boasts an average earnings surprise of 3.5%.
Investors should take the time to consider FHN for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings metrics, and impressive Momentum and VGM Style Scores.
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