For new and old investors, taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals.

Achieving those goals is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores, a unique set of guidelines that rates stocks based on popular investing methodologies, namely value, growth, and momentum. The Style Scores can help you narrow down which stocks are better for your portfolio and which ones can beat the market over the long-term.

Why This 1 Growth Stock Should Be On Your Watchlist

For growth investors, a company's financial strength, overall health, and future outlook take precedence, so they'll want to zero in on the Growth Style Score. This Score examines things like projected and historical earnings, sales, and cash flow to find stocks that will generate sustainable growth over time.

Alaska Air Group (ALK)

Alaska Air Group, together with its partner regional carriers, serves more than 120 cities across North America. Alaska Air Group operates two airlines, Alaska and Horizon.

ALK sits at a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), holds a Growth Style Score of B, and has a VGM Score of A. Earnings and sales are forecasted to increase 21.2% and 25.1% year-over-year, respectively.

Five analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for fiscal 2025, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.53 to $5.90 per share. ALK also boasts an average earnings surprise of 33.1%.

Looking at cash flow, Alaska Air Group is expected to report cash flow growth of 16.8% this year; ALK has generated cash flow growth of 1.7% over the past three to five years.

ALK should be on investors' short lists because of its impressive growth fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Growth and VGM Style Scores.

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