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. The price of UFCS has increased 10.9% from 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 January 1, WAL has jumped 55.2%. This is better than the S&P 500, which has seen a 14.3% increase over the same period. .
Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ:) designs and develops semiconductor-based, high-performance interconnect products. MLNX gets A’s in Earnings Growth, Earnings Momentum, Analyst Earnings Revisions, Earnings Surprises, and Sales Growth as well. Since January 1, MLNX has jumped 241.1%.
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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. Shares of the stock have risen 85.9% since January 1. The stock has a trailing PE Ratio of 2.6. .
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. The price of CLUB is up 77.6% since the first of the year. .
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