Investors generally consider a 52-week high a good criterion for determining an entry or exit point for a given stock. However, stocks touching new 52-week highs are often predisposed to profit-taking, resulting in pullbacks and trend reversals.Moreover, given the high price, investors often wonder if the stock is overpriced. While the speculation is not absolutely baseless, all stocks hitting a 52-week high are not necessarily overpriced.In fact, investors might lose out on top gainers in an attempt to avo ...

Growth stocks are attractive to many investors, as above-average financial growth helps these stocks easily grab the market's attention and produce exceptional returns. But finding a great growth stock is not easy at all.By their very nature, these stocks carry above-average risk and volatility. Moreover, if a company's growth story is over or nearing its end, betting on it could lead to significant loss.However, the Zacks Growth Style Score (part of the Zacks Style Scores system), which looks beyond the tr ...

If you are looking for a stock that has a solid history of beating earnings estimates and is in a good position to maintain the trend in its next quarterly report, you should consider Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) . This company, which is in the Zacks Manufacturing - General Industrial industry, shows potential for another earnings beat.This industrial products company has seen a nice streak of beating earnings estimates, especially when looking at the previous two reports. The average surprise for ...

Momentum investing revolves around the idea of following a stock's recent trend in either direction. In the 'long' context, investors will be essentially be "buying high, but hoping to sell even higher." With this methodology, taking advantage of trends in a stock's price is key; once a stock establishes a course, it is more than likely to continue moving that way. The goal is that once a stock heads down a fixed path, it will lead to timely and profitable trades.Even though momentum is a popular stock char ...

Investors might want to bet on Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) , as it has been recently upgraded to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). This rating change essentially reflects an upward trend in earnings estimates -- one of the most powerful forces impacting stock prices.A company's changing earnings picture is at the core of the Zacks rating. The system tracks the Zacks Consensus Estimate -- the consensus measure of EPS estimates from the sell-side analysts covering the stock -- for the current and follow ...

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The manufacturing sector is finally showing signs of recovery as new orders and production continue to increase. Manufacturing activity increased in March to its highest level in one-and-a-half years although raw material prices remained high and employment subdued.Manufacturing Sector Poised to GrowThe Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) survey on Apr 1 suggests that the sector, which took a major hit owing to higher interest rates, is rebounding at a solid pace. The ISM said that its manufacturing PMI ...

Growth stocks are attractive to many investors, as above-average financial growth helps these stocks easily grab the market's attention and produce exceptional returns. But finding a great growth stock is not easy at all.In addition to volatility, these stocks carry above-average risk by their very nature. Also, one could end up losing from a stock whose growth story is actually over or nearing its end.However, it's pretty easy to find cutting-edge growth stocks with the help of the Zacks Growth Style Score ...

Have you been paying attention to shares of Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) ? Shares have been on the move with the stock up 1.9% over the past month. The stock hit a new 52-week high of $194.37 in the previous session. Applied Industrial Technologies has gained 11.6% since the start of the year compared to the 8.2% move for the Zacks Industrial Products sector and the 8.5% return for the Zacks Manufacturing - General Industrial industry.What's Driving the Outperformance?The stock has an impressive re ...

Production at U.S. factories has started showing signs of rebounding although it remains less than the year-ago levels. Industrial production rose an impressive 0.5% in February after declining 1.1% in January, and surpassed analysts’ expectations of a rise of 0.3%, the Federal Reserve said on Mar 15.Production at U.S. factories had increased 0.1% in December after a difficult 2023 that saw manufacturing output shrinking. Manufacturing output in February also rebounded, increasing 0.8% after declining 1.1% ...