5 Stocks With Prime Operating Margin Growth — UFCS WAL MLNX CRAY CLUB

This week, these five stocks have the best ratings in Operating Margin Growth, one of the eight Fundamental Categories on .

United Fire Group (NASDAQ:) writes property, casualty, and life insurances. UFCS also gets A’s in Earnings Momentum, Analyst Earnings Revisions, and Earnings Surprises. Shares of the stock are up 9.7% since the first of the year. .

Western Alliance Bancorp. (NYSE:) provides a range of banking and related services to businesses, professional firms, real estate developers and investors, local nonprofit organizations, high net worth individuals, and consumers. WAL also gets A’s in Earnings Growth and Analyst Earnings Revisions. Since the start of the year, the price of WAL has increased 48.5%. This is better than the S&P 500’s 11.3% increase for the same period. .

Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ:) designs and develops semiconductor-based, high-performance interconnect products. MLNX also gets A’s in Earnings Growth, Earnings Momentum, Analyst Earnings Revisions, Earnings Surprises, and Sales Growth. Since January 1, MLNX has jumped 251.9%. 

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Cray (NASDAQ:) designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services high performance computing systems, commonly known as supercomputers. CRAY also gets A’s in Earnings Momentum, Analyst Earnings Revisions, Earnings Surprises, Equity, Cash Flow, and Sales Growth. Since January 1, CRAY has jumped 76.4%. The stock currently has a trailing PE Ratio of 2.5. .

Town Sports International Holdings (NASDAQ:) owns and operates fitness clubs in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. CLUB also gets A’s in Equity and Cash Flow. Shares of the stock have risen 75.9% since January 1. .

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