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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.

Is This 1 Momentum Stock a Screaming Buy Right Now?

For momentum investors, upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook take precedent, so they'll want to zero in on the Momentum Style Score. This Score can pinpoint good times to build a position in a stock, using factors like one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates.

Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM)

Toronto, Canada-based Agnico Eagle Mines Limited is a gold producer with mining operations in Canada, Mexico and Finland, and exploration activities in Canada, Europe, Latin America and the United States. It successfully completed its merger with Kirkland Lake Gold in February 2022.

AEM is a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stock, with a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of B. Shares are down 5.8% over the past one week and up 6.4% over the past four weeks. AEM has gained 77.3% in the last one-year period as well. Looking at trading volume, an average of 2,447,188.25 shares exchanged hands over the last 20 trading days.

A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2024, seven analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for AEM, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.40 to $4.05 per share. AEM also boasts an average earnings surprise of 19.2%.

Investors should take the time to consider AEM for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings metrics, and impressive Momentum and VGM Style Scores.

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