Core Insights - Zacks Premium provides various tools for investors to enhance their stock market strategies and confidence [1] - The Zacks Style Scores are designed to help investors identify stocks with the potential to outperform the market in the short term [2] Zacks Style Scores Overview - The Style Scores categorize stocks into four types: Value Score, Growth Score, Momentum Score, and VGM Score, each focusing on different investment strategies [3][4][5][6] - Value Score emphasizes finding undervalued stocks based on financial ratios [3] - Growth Score focuses on a company's financial health and future growth potential [4] - Momentum Score capitalizes on existing trends in stock prices and earnings estimates [5] - VGM Score combines all three styles to identify stocks with the best overall characteristics [6] Zacks Rank and Performance - The Zacks Rank is a proprietary model that uses earnings estimate revisions to guide investment decisions [7] - Stocks rated 1 (Strong Buy) have historically achieved an average annual return of +25.41%, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 [8] - Investors are encouraged to focus on stocks with a Zacks Rank of 1 or 2 and Style Scores of A or B for optimal returns [10] Stock Highlight: PTC Inc. - PTC Inc., based in Boston, MA, is a software provider specializing in digital technologies for engineering and production [12] - Currently rated 3 (Hold) with a VGM Score of B, PTC has a Momentum Style Score of A and has seen a 16.4% increase in shares over the past four weeks [12][13] - Recent upward revisions in earnings estimates indicate a positive outlook, with the Zacks Consensus Estimate rising by $0.15 to $5.97 per share [13]