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CRA International (CRAI) reached a significant support level, and could be a good pick for investors from a technical perspective. Recently, CRAI broke through the 50-day moving average, which suggests a short-term bullish trend.
The 50-day simple moving average is one of three major moving averages used by traders and analysts to determine support or resistance levels for a wide range of securities. But the 50-day is considered to be more important because it's the first marker of an up or down trend.
CRAI has rallied 5% over the past four weeks, and the company is a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) at the moment. This combination suggests CRAI could be on the verge of another move higher.
Once investors consider CRAI's positive earnings estimate revisions, the bullish case only solidifies. No estimate has gone lower in the past two months for the current fiscal year, compared to 4 higher, and the consensus estimate has increased as well.
Investors may want to watch CRAI for more gains in the near future given the company's key technical level and positive earnings estimate revisions.
Zacks Investment Research
Here are three stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today September 18th:
Audioeye AEYE: This company which engages in creating cloud-based cross-platform/cross-browser screen reader solution for web browsing, carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 27.0% over the last 60 days.
Audioeye, Inc. Price and Consensus
Audioeye, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Audioeye, Inc. Quote
Audioeye's has a PEG ratio of 1.79 compared with 19.28 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.
Audioeye, Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)
Audioeye, Inc. peg-ratio-ttm | Audioeye, Inc. Quote
Charles River Associates CRAI: This company which is one of the leading global consulting firms, carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 12.0% over the last 60 days.
Charles River Associates Price and Consensus
Charles River Associates price-consensus-chart | Charles River Associates Quote
Charles River Associates has a PEG ratio of 1.50 compared with 1.86 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of B.
Charles River Associates PEG Ratio (TTM)
Charles River Associates peg-ratio-ttm | Charles River Associates Quote
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services ZIM: This company which provides container shipping and related services, carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 592.4% over the last 60 days.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. Price and Consensus
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. price-consensus-chart | ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. Quote
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services' has a PEG ratio of 0.04 compared with 0.38 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of B.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. PEG Ratio (TTM)
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. peg-ratio-ttm | ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. Quote
See the full list of top ranked stocks here.
Learn more about the Growth score and how it is calculated here.
Zacks Investment Research
Maximus, Inc. MMS benefits from its strong relationship with governments, allowing the company to generate recurring revenues from long-term contracts. MMS’ strong cash flow and ability to borrow a hefty credit to meet working capital requirements provide a competitive edge. However, it is witnessing declining net income due to rising operating expenses and non-recurring costs.
MMS reported impressive third-quarter fiscal 2024 results. Quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.7 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 18.4% and increased more than 100% on a year-over-year basis. Revenues of $1.3 billion beat the consensus mark by 3% and rose 10.6% from the year-ago quarter's level.
How is Maximus Faring?
Maximus, with its experience of more than 40 years, has become the leading operator of government health and human services programs across the globe. Its expertise in business process management and capabilities to deliver cost-effective, efficient and high-scale solutions make it a profitable partner for governments. Maximus generates recurring revenues from the long-term contracts provided by the governments. The company seeks long-term relationships with clients in existing and adjacent markets.
MMS is also focused on expanding its ground in clinical services and long-term services and supports. Furthermore, rising longevity and complex healthcare needs have heightened governments’ need for social benefits and safety-net programs. We expect this to continue driving demand for the company’s services.
Maximus has a strong cash flow from operations attributed to its profitable business and effective receivables management. In working capital urgencies, the company can borrow $600 million through a credit agreement with JPMorgan Chase N.A. MMS' expertise in government programs and ability to deliver defined, measurable outcomes provide it with a competitive edge over its peers.
Maximus, Inc. Revenue (TTM)
Maximus, Inc. revenue-ttm | Maximus, Inc. Quote
Its current ratio (a measure of liquidity) at the end of third-quarter fiscal 2024 was 1.59, higher than the year-ago quarter’s 1.46. A current ratio of more than 1 suggests that the company should not have issues meeting its short-term obligations.
MMS paid cash dividends of $68 million in fiscal 2023, $68.7 million in fiscal 2022 and $68.8 million in fiscal 2021. Consistency in dividend payments makes this company a favorable investment choice for dividend-seeking investors.
Although Maximus is reaping the benefits of the above-discussed positives, it has been dealing with the declining income in the past few years. The decline can be attributed to headwinds like paused Medicaid redetermination activity, rising operating expenses and non-recurring costs, and PACT-related investments. Net income decreased 20.6% year over year in 2023 and 30% in 2022.
MMS' Zacks Rank & Stocks to Consider
MMS carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) at present.
Some better-ranked stocks in the broader Zacks Business Services sector are AppLovin APP and Charles River Associates CRAI.
AppLovin sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
APP has a long-term earnings growth expectation of 20%. It delivered a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 21.1%, on average.
Charles River Associates flaunts a Zacks Rank of 1 at present. It has a long-term earnings growth expectation of 16%. CRAI delivered a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 23.5%, on average.
Zacks Investment Research
How much a stock's price changes over time is a significant driver for most investors. Not only can price performance impact your portfolio, but it can help you compare investment results across sectors and industries as well.
The fear of missing out, or FOMO, also plays a factor in investing, especially with particular tech giants, as well as popular consumer-facing stocks.
What if you'd invested in CRA International (CRAI) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to CRAI for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?
CRA International's Business In-Depth
With that in mind, let's take a look at CRA International's main business drivers.
Headquartered in Boston, MA, Charles River Associates is one of the leading global consulting firms. The company functions through a global network of coordinated offices across North America and Europe. It was founded in 1965.
Charles River is engaged in providing economic, financial and management consulting services. The company combines advanced analytic techniques with in-depth industry knowledge to solve complex problems for its wide range of clients.
Charles River is well equipped with highly educated employee consultants including economists, business professionals, engineers and other industry leaders. These consultants blend economic and financial analysis, with expertise in litigation and regulatory support, business strategy and planning, market and demand forecasting, policy analysis, and engineering and technology strategy.
They provide original authoritative advice to support various customer activities. These include high-priority matters such as multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions, product introductions, major capital investment decisions and complex litigation, the results of which often have significant consequences for the parties involved.
Charles River offers consulting services to corporate clients and attorneys in a wide range of litigation and regulatory proceedings. The company also serves law firms, businesses, and government agencies services in relation to class certification, damages analysis, expert reports and testimony, regulatory analysis, strategy development, valuation of tangible and intangible assets, risk management, and transaction support.
Charles River has a diversified business with service offerings across areas of functional expertise, client base and geographical regions. Exposure to multiple industries helps the company meet varying client needs and offer innovative services. This multidisciplinary set up enables Charles River to bring experts from all fields under one platform. The diversification in business helps reduce the company’s dependence on any specific market, industry or geographic area.
The company offers consulting services in two broad areas: litigation, regulatory, and financial consulting and management consulting. The company operates in one business segment.
Bottom Line
While anyone can invest, building a lucrative investment portfolio takes research, patience, and a little bit of risk. If you had invested in CRA International ten years ago, you're probably feeling pretty good about your investment today.
According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in September 2014 would be worth $6,420.59, or a 542.06% gain, as of September 18, 2024. Investors should keep in mind that this return excludes dividends but includes price appreciation.
The S&P 500 rose 181.51% and the price of gold increased 101.51% over the same time frame in comparison.
Analysts are anticipating more upside for CRAI.
Charles River Associates enjoys the benefits of a diversified business, with service offerings across areas of functional expertise, client base and geographical regions. Proficiency in multiple industries allows the company to serve varying client needs and bring innovation to its offerings. It has a consistent record of returning value to shareholders in the forms of dividends and share repurchases. Partly due to these positives, shares have risen 49.6% in the past year. On the flip side, higher talent costs due to a competitive talent market act as major challenges. The industry is labor-intensive and heavily dependent on foreign talent. The nature of its business makes Charles River vulnerable to foreign exchange risk. A declining current ratio is another headwind. The stock is up 5.01% over the past four weeks, and no earnings estimate has gone lower in the past two months, compared to 4 higher, for fiscal 2024. The consensus estimate has moved up as well.
Zacks Investment Research
Building a successful investment portfolio takes skill and hard work, no matter if you're a growth, value, income, or momentum-focused investor.
How do you find the right combination of stocks that will generate returns that could fund your retirement, or your kids' college tuition, or your short- and long-term savings goals?
Enter the Zacks Rank.
What is the Zacks Rank?
A unique, proprietary stock-rating model, the Zacks Rank uses earnings estimate revisions, or changes to a company's earnings expectations, to help investors create a winning portfolio.
There are four main factors behind the Zacks Rank: Agreement, Magnitude, Upside, and Surprise.
Agreement is the extent to which all brokerage analysts are revising their earnings estimates in the same direction. The greater the percentage of analysts revising their estimates higher, the better chance the stock will outperform.
Magnitude is the size of the recent change in the consensus estimate for the current and next fiscal years.
Upside is the difference between the most accurate estimate, which is calculated by Zacks, and the consensus estimate.
Surprise is made up of a company's last few quarters' earnings per share surprises; companies with a positive earnings surprise are more likely to beat expectations in the future.
Each factor is given a raw score, which is recalculated every night and compiled into the Zacks Rank. Utilizing this data, stocks are put into five different groups: Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, and Strong Sell.
The Power of Institutional Investors
The Zacks Rank also allows individual investors, or retail investors, to benefit from the power of institutional investors.
Institutional investors are responsible for managing the trillions of dollars invested in mutual funds, hedge funds, and investment banks. Research has shown that these investors can and do move the market due to the large amount of money they deal with, and thus, the market tends to move in the same direction as them.
These investors are known for designing valuation models that focus on earnings and earnings expectations in order to figure out the fair value of a company and its shares. If earnings estimates are raised, it puts a higher value on a company.
With these changes, institutional investors will act, usually buying stocks with rising estimates and selling those with falling estimates. An increase in earnings expectations can potentially lead to higher stock prices and bigger gains for the investor.
Since it can often take weeks, if not months, for an institutional investor to build a position (given their size), retail investors who get in at the first sign of upward earnings estimate revisions have a distinct advantage over these larger investors, and can benefit from the expected institutional buying that will follow.
Not only can the Zacks Rank help you take advantage of trends in earnings estimate revisions, but it can also provide a way to get into stocks that are highly sought after by professionals.
How to Invest with the Zacks Rank
The Zacks Rank is known for transforming investment portfolios. In fact, a portfolio of Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks has beaten the market in 26 of the last 32 years, with an average annual return of +25.41%.
Moreover, stocks with a new #1 (Strong Buy) ranking have some of the biggest profit potential, while those that fell to a #4 (Sell) or #5 (Strong Sell) have some of the worst.
Let's take a look at
CRA International (CRAI)
, which was added to the Zacks Rank #1 list on August 3, 2024.
Headquartered in Boston, MA, Charles River Associates is one of the leading global consulting firms. The company functions through a global network of coordinated offices across North America and Europe. It was founded in 1965.
Four analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for fiscal 2024, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.74 to $6.93 per share. CRAI also boasts an average earnings surprise of 23.5%.
Earnings are forecasted to see growth of 26.9% for the current fiscal year, and sales are expected to increase 8.1%.
Additionally, CRAI has climbed higher over the past four weeks, gaining 3.7%. The S&P 500 is up 3.7% in comparison.
Bottom Line
With a #1 (Strong Buy) ranking, positive trend in earnings estimate revisions, and strong market momentum, CRA International should be on investors' shortlist.
If you want even more information on the Zacks Ranks, or one of our many other investing strategies, check out the Zacks Education home page.
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Zacks Investment Research
Here are three stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today September 16th:
CarGurus CARG: This online automotive marketplace which connects buyers and sellers of new and used cars, carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 11.7% over the last 60 days.
CarGurus, Inc. Price and Consensus
CarGurus, Inc. price-consensus-chart | CarGurus, Inc. Quote
CarGurus has a PEG ratio of 1.03 compared with 1.08 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.
CarGurus, Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)
CarGurus, Inc. peg-ratio-ttm | CarGurus, Inc. Quote
Norwegian Cruise Line NCLH: This company which is a leading cruise line operator, carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 12.1% over the last 60 days.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Price and Consensus
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. price-consensus-chart | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Quote
Norwegian Cruise Line's has a PEG ratio of 0.24 compared with 1.66 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. PEG Ratio (TTM)
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. peg-ratio-ttm | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Quote
Charles River Associates CRAI: This company which is one of the leading global consulting firms, carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 12.0% over the last 60 days.
Charles River Associates Price and Consensus
Charles River Associates price-consensus-chart | Charles River Associates Quote
Charles River Associates has a PEG ratio of 1.49 compared with 1.83 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of B.
Charles River Associates PEG Ratio (TTM)
Charles River Associates peg-ratio-ttm | Charles River Associates Quote
See the full list of top ranked stocks here.
Learn more about the Growth score and how it is calculated here.
Zacks Investment Research
Here are three stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today, September 12:
CRA International, Inc. CRAI: This management consulting company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 12% over the last 60 days.
Charles River Associates Price and Consensus
Charles River Associates price-consensus-chart | Charles River Associates Quote
CRA International has a PEG ratio of 1.43 compared with 1.79 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of B.
Charles River Associates PEG Ratio (TTM)
Charles River Associates peg-ratio-ttm | Charles River Associates Quote
AudioEye, Inc. AEYE: This company which provides internet content software and related services to Internet and other media a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 27% over the last 60 days.
Audioeye, Inc. Price and Consensus
Audioeye, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Audioeye, Inc. Quote
AudioEye has a PEG ratio of 1.72 compared with 19.26 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.
Audioeye, Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)
Audioeye, Inc. peg-ratio-ttm | Audioeye, Inc. Quote
CarGurus, Inc. CARG: This online automotive marketplace carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 11.7% over the last 60 days.
CarGurus, Inc. Price and Consensus
CarGurus, Inc. price-consensus-chart | CarGurus, Inc. Quote
CarGurus has a PEG ratio of 0.93 compared with 1.00 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.
CarGurus, Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)
CarGurus, Inc. peg-ratio-ttm | CarGurus, Inc. Quote
See the full list of top ranked stocks here.
Learn more about the Growth score and how it is calculated here.
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