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A positive Earnings ESP is a strong predictor of an earnings beat, particularly when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), #2 (Buy) or #3 (Hold).
Value Score Growth Score Momentum Score VGM Score The Zacks Style Score is as a complementary indicator to the Zacks rating system, giving investors a way to focus on the highest rated stocks that best fit their own stock picking preferences.
Eliminate those securities with a payout ratio of greater than 80%, where payout ratio is defined as a company’s most recent indicated annual dividend per share (defined as the last dividend declared, multiplied by four and then divided by the number of shares outstanding) divided by a company’s most recently reported earnings per share (defined as the trailing 12-month actual earnings divided by the number of shares outstanding), as reported by Zacks Investment Research.
Eliminate those MLPs with a share price less than $10.00 and less than $3 million in liquidity, where liquidity is defined as share price times the most recent 3-month trading volume as reported to Zacks Investment Research, Inc.
Eliminate any Oil & Energy stocks with a share price less than $10.00 and less than $3 million in liquidity, where liquidity is defined as share price times the most recent 3-month trading volume as reported to Zacks Investment Research, Inc.
If an industry has the best average Zacks Rank, it would be considered the top industry (1 out of 250+), which would place it at the top 1% of Zacksranked industries.
Eliminate those REITs with a share price less than $10.00 and less than $5 million in liquidity, where liquidity is defined as share price times the most recent 3-month trading volume as reported to Zacks Investment Research, Inc.
From the remaining universe, eliminate those securities with a share price less than $10.00 and less than $5 million in liquidity, where liquidity is defined as share price times the most recent 3- month trading volume as reported to Zacks Investment Research, Inc.
That means buying stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Style Score of an A or a B.
The Zacks Style Scores rate stocks on each of these individual styles and assigns a rating of A, B, C, D and F.