Here at Zacks, we focus on our proven ranking system, which places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions, to find winning stocks. But we also understand that investors develop their own strategies, so we are constantly looking at the latest trends in value, growth, and momentum to find strong companies for our readers.Of these, value investing is easily one of the most popular ways to find great stocks in any market environment. Value investors rely on traditional forms of analysis on key ...

Tony Anderson One of my favorite things about value investing is that you don't need a company to continue to grow in order to achieve upside. If shares are cheap enough, even downside from a fundamental perspective can lead to attractive returns. This is because the market eventually comes to understand just how undervalued shares have been. And as a result, they end up getting pushed higher. One really good example that I could point to regarding this involves a company called American Woodmark Corporatio ...

Investors interested in Consumer Discretionary stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Is American Woodmark (AMWD) one of those stocks right now? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Consumer Discretionary sector should help us answer this question.American Woodmark is one of 286 companies in the Consumer Discretionary group. The Consumer Discretionary group currently sits at #15 within the Zacks Sector Rank. Th ...

Momentum investors typically don't time the market or "buy low and sell high." In other words, they avoid betting on cheap stocks and waiting long for them to recover. Instead, they believe that "buying high and selling higher" is the way to make far more money in lesser time.Who doesn't like betting on fast-moving trending stocks? But determining the right entry point isn't easy. Often, these stocks lose momentum once their valuation moves ahead of their future growth potential. In such a situation, invest ...

The most recent trading session ended with American Woodmark (AMWD) standing at $100.01, reflecting a -1.62% shift from the previouse trading day's closing. The stock fell short of the S&P 500, which registered a loss of 0.2% for the day. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 0.6%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.11%.Coming into today, shares of the cabinet maker had lost 0.6% in the past month. In that same time, the Consumer Discretionary sector gained 0.59%, while the S&P 500 gained 3.32%.The upcoming earn ...

Americans are earning more and spending lavishly as price pressures and inflation have eased. Higher personal income and consumer spending coupled with a resilient labor market made the Federal Reserve’s job difficult in bringing down inflation.However, the Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary tightening campaign saw inflation cooling substantially over the past year despite the challenges. The Commerce Department reported on Mar 29 that personal income increased $66.5 billion or 0.3% month over month in F ...

Investors with an interest in Furniture stocks have likely encountered both American Woodmark (AMWD) and WillScot (WSC) . But which of these two stocks offers value investors a better bang for their buck right now? We'll need to take a closer look.We have found that the best way to discover great value opportunities is to pair a strong Zacks Rank with a great grade in the Value category of our Style Scores system. The proven Zacks Rank emphasizes companies with positive estimate revision trends, and our Sty ...

The U.S. economy expanded robustly in the final three months of 2023 and crushed recession fearmongering. Despite the Federal Reserve’s aggressive tightening measures to curb inflationary pressure, the economy accelerated at an annualized pace of 3.3% in the final quarter of 2023 and expanded 2.5% last year.The economy is now well-poised to trounce recession concerns this year as well and chug along. The Federal Open Market Committee, in its latest policy meeting, kept the benchmark overnight borrowing rate ...

American Woodmark (AMWD) reached a significant support level, and could be a good pick for investors from a technical perspective. Recently, AMWD broke through the 20-day moving average, which suggests a short-term bullish trend.The 20-day simple moving average is a popular investing tool. Traders like this SMA because it offers a look back at a stock's price over a shorter period and helps smooth out price fluctuations. The 20-day can also show more trend reversal signals than longer-term moving averages.T ...

Art Wager The residential real estate market has fundamentally changed over the past several years. Following the pandemic, a series of changes around interest rates reshaped the landscape for home buyers. The impacts were lengthy, but boil down to the highest cost of homeownership in years. As a result, the residential real estate market has virtually frozen over the past 12 months, as both buyers and sellers attempt to digest the information. Redfin (RDFN) provides comprehensive coverage of residentia ...