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Updated Sep 17, 2024 03:15 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.68%
2Buy17.55%
3Hold9.21%
4Sell4.93%
5Strong Sell2.36%
S&P50010.96%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

Value Score A
Growth Score A
Momentum Score A
VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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D Value B Growth F Momentum D VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 26% (66 out of 251)

Industry: Computer - Software

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Zacks News

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    The all-around revenue weakness notwithstanding, the growth picture has improved ever so slightly over the past week.

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      Taking Stock of the Q3 Earnings Season

      The picture emerging from the Q3 earnings season is no doubt one of all-around weakness

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        Taking Stock of the Q3 Earnings Season

        The picture emerging from the Q3 earnings season is no doubt one of all-around weakness

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          Apple's Report Adds to Tech's Earnings Momentum

          The Tech sector has stood out in this otherwise weak Q3 earnings season.

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            Q3 Earnings Weak, Despite Tech Strength

            It isn't hard to reach the conclusion that the overall earnings picture remains weak.

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                The Post-Apple Q2 Earnings Scorecard

                Beyond Apple's strong growth rates, the picture emerging from the Q2 earning season is one of widespread weakness.

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                  The Post-Apple Q2 Earnings Scorecard

                  Beyond Apple's strong growth rates, the picture emerging from the Q2 earning season is one of widespread weakness.

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                    Q2 Earnings Season: Revenue Weakness Stands Out

                    It's disappointing to see so few companies beat revenue estimates despite the low expectations.

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                        Are Tech Sector Earnings Really That Exciting?

                        The sector's earnings picture seems out of sync with how their stock prices are behaving at present.

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                          Are Negative Q1 Earnings Revisions Unusual?

                          Management teams have been consistently providing weak guidance, causing estimates to come down over the past couple of years.

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                            Is Oil Driving Q1 Earnings Estimates Lower?

                            The magnitude of negative revisions for 2015 Q1 exceeds any other recent quarter by a big margin.

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                              eCommerce & the Online Payments Land-Grab

                              With brands routinely pushing promos into your hands and the Internet pulling up images that draw your eye, buying stuff whether you need it or not has never been easier.

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                                Online and Mobile Transition Driving OTA, Ad Markets

                                Ecommerce discussions often exclude online travel because this segment is relatively more mature, with a lot of the growth coming from international expansion.

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                                  eCommerce & the Online Payments Land-Grab

                                  With brands routinely pushing promos into your hands and the Internet pulling up images that draw your eye, buying stuff whether you need it or not has never been easier.

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                                    Is the Q4 Earnings Picture that Weak?

                                    The fact is that the issue wasn't so much the Q4 earnings reports, but rather the guidance for 2015.

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                                      Is the Q4 Earnings Picture that Weak?

                                      The fact is that the issue wasn't so much the Q4 earnings reports, but rather the guidance for 2015.

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                                        Into the Heart of Q3 Earnings Season

                                        The Finance sector gave us a decent start to the Q3 earnings season.

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                                          Q1 Earnings Growth Very Weak

                                          It has been an unimpressive earnings season thus far.