Yahoo Finance Why Ryanair (RYAAY) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Term
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?
Momentum investors, who live by the saying "the trend is your friend," are most interested in taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Utilizing one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, among other factors, the Momentum Style Score can help determine favorable times to buy high-momentum stocks.
Ryanair (RYAAY)
Ryanair Holdings is the parent company of Ryanair Designated Activity Company (formerly known as Ryanair Limited). Ryanair, which commenced its flight operations in 1985, is based in headquartered in Swords, Ireland.
RYAAY boasts a Momentum Style Score of B and VGM Score of B, and holds a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) rating. Shares of Ryanair has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is down 0.7% over the past one week and up 12.5% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, RYAAY has lost 18.9%. As for the stock's trading volume, 369,719.34 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2023, three analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for RYAAY, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.59 to $5.88 per share. RYAAY also boasts an average earnings surprise of 7.5%.
With strong earnings growth, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Momentum and VGM Style Scores, investors should think about adding RYAAY to their portfolios.
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