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Updated Oct 18, 2024 02:10 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 C Growth D 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 24% (59 out of 250)

Industry: Computer - Software

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Zacks News

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Q2 Earnings: Modest Improvement Continues

Actual Q2 results are turning out to be less bad relative to expectations.

    Stock Market News for July 21, 2016

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      Is the Earnings Picture Improving?

      There are some tell-tale signs of improvement in the aggregate earnings picture.

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        Is the Earnings Picture Improving?

        There are some tell-tale signs of improvement in the aggregate earnings picture.

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          Q2 Earnings Season Coming Up Roses

          Morgan Stanley, Abbott Labs and Halliburton all beat earnings expectations before the opening bell today.

            Stock Market News for June 22, 2016

              Stock Market News for June 20, 2016

              Looming Brexit fears and Fed not hiking rates this month dragged benchmarks down on Friday, eventually finishing out the week lower

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                Top Stock Research Reports for June 16, 2016

                Today's must-read reports are for TransUnion (TRU), Citigroup (C) and Microsoft (MSFT).

                  Stock Market News for June 14, 2016

                  Concerns ahead of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting and a possible "Brexit" led major benchmarks to end in the red for third consecutive days on Monday

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                    Microsoft (MSFT) Buys LinkedIn (LNKD) for $26.2 Billion

                    The reported all-cash deal (including LinkedIn's cash on hand) is for $196 per share, or $26.2 billion.

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                      Bull of the Day: Facebook (FB)

                      To understand why new highs above $120 are coming, look at growth and hedge fund demand

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                        GDP, Oil Prices, Debt Levels Point to Positive Open

                        The major indexes are on track to start today's session in the green, which would follow the market's impressive gains on Tuesday.

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                          Q1 Earnings: A Case of Low Expectations

                          Positive surprises are more numerous relative to historical periods.

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                            Q1 Earnings: A Case of Low Expectations

                            Positive surprises are more numerous relative to historical periods.

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                              Low Expectations Helping Q1 Earnings Picture

                              While growth remains problematic, actual results are turning out to be not as bad as expected.

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                                Low Expectations Helping Q1 Earnings Picture

                                While growth remains problematic, actual results are turning out to be not as bad as expected.

                                  Stock Market News for April 25, 2016

                                  Benchmarks closed mixed on Friday following lower-than-expected earnings results from Microsoft and Alphabet.

                                    Stock Market News for March 30, 2016

                                    Benchmarks finished in the green on Tuesday after Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen indicated that the Fed will take a cautious stance before hiking interest rates.

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                                      2016 Online Payments Trends to Look Out For

                                      This technology could finally eliminate financial intermediaries because security and authentication wouldn't be a concern anymore.

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                                        Retail Results As Weak As Other Sectors

                                        Expectations that improved household buying power due to energy savings would show up in Retail has failed to materialize.

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                                          Estimates for 2016 Q1 Falling Sharply

                                          The picture emerging from the Q4 earnings season is one of all around weakness.

                                            Stock Market News for February 08, 2016

                                            Benchmarks ended in the red amid a sharp fall in technology stocks on Friday

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                                              Earnings Growth Challenge Continues

                                              Recent weakness in oil and other commodity prices has effectively guaranteed that this negative growth trend will continue.

                                                Stock Market News for February 01, 2016

                                                Benchmarks finished in the green after the Bank of Japan lowered the key interest rate into negative territory in order to boost its economy

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                                                  What Amazon Earnings Miss Means For Tech

                                                  A look at the earnings miss and the impact of tech stocks and at least one retail name.