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Momentum investors, who live by the saying "the trend is your friend," are most interested in taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Utilizing one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, among other factors, the Momentum Style Score can help determine favorable times to buy high-momentum stocks.
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. has emerged as one of the preferred destinations for shoppers when it comes to essentials and other items. The company’s focus on simplifying assortments, expanding own-brands portfolio, enhancing digital capabilities and providing value to customers has contributed to growth in membership signups and renewals. The company carries approximately 7,200 active stock keeping units. Notably, the company consistently offers 25% or more savings on a representative basket of manufacturer-branded groceries compared to traditional supermarket competitors.
BJ boasts a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Shares of BJ's Wholesale Club has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is up 0.4% over the past one week and up 10.1% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, BJ has gained 44.5%. As for the stock's trading volume, 2,217,398.75 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2026, five analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for BJ, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.05 to $4.24 per share. BJ also boasts an average earnings surprise of 12%.
Investors should take the time to consider BJ for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings metrics, and impressive Momentum and VGM Style Scores.
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