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It doesn't matter your age or experience: taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals for all investors.
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?
For momentum investors, upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook take precedent, so they'll want to zero in on the Momentum Style Score. This Score can pinpoint good times to build a position in a stock, using factors like one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates.
Comstock Resources (CRK)
Frisco, Texas-based Comstock Resources, Inc. is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties. The company’s operations are concentrated primarily in two regions in Texas and Louisiana.
CRK boasts a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of B, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Shares of Comstock Resources has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is down 4.2% over the past one week and up 1.9% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, CRK has gained 119.1%. As for the stock's trading volume, 2,372,153.25 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2025, four analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for CRK, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.18 to $0.59 per share. CRK also boasts an average earnings surprise of 184.7%.
CRK 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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