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Why Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Term

Zacks Equity Research
·2-min read

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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.

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Euronet Worldwide (EEFT)

Founded in 1994 and headquartered at Leawood, KS, Euronet Worldwide is a leading electronics payments provider. The company offers payment and transaction processing and distribution solutions to financial institutions, retailers, consumers and service providers.

EEFT boasts a Momentum Style Score of B and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Shares of Euronet Worldwide has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is down 1.5% over the past one week and up 0.1% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, EEFT has lost 2.2%. As for the stock's trading volume, 279,641.34 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.

Momentum investors also pay close attention to a company's earnings. For EEFT, four analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.17 to $8.46 per share for 2024. EEFT boasts an average earnings surprise of 2.9%.

EEFT 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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