Are You a Growth Investor? This 1 Stock Could Be the Perfect Pick

Zacks
26 Dec 2024

Taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals for new and old investors alike.

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.

MasTec (MTZ)

MasTec, Inc. is a leading infrastructure construction company operating mainly throughout North America. The company engages in the engineering, building, installation, maintenance and upgrade of energy, communication, utility and other infrastructure.

MTZ sits at a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), holds a Growth Style Score of A, and has a VGM Score of A. Earnings and sales are forecasted to increase 90.4% and 1.9% year-over-year, respectively.

Six analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2024. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.74 to $3.75 per share. MTZ boasts an average earnings surprise of 40.2%.

On a historic basis, MasTec has generated cash flow growth of 5.9%, and is expected to report cash flow expansion of 1.8% this year.

Investors should take the time to consider MTZ for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Rank rating, notable growth metrics, and impressive Growth and VGM Style Scores.

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