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Zacks.com Featured Expert Kevin Matras Highlights: Esco Technologies, Nordson and Superior Industries
CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-March 27, 2008 - Kevin Matras explains why stocks with new analyst coverage are the stocks you want to own. Stocks in this week's article are Esco Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ESE), Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN) and Superior Industries International, Inc. (NYSE:SUP). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=109
Screen of the Week written by Kevin Matras of Zacks Investment Research:
Today I want to talk about companies that receive new analyst coverage. New coverage makes companies more visible, which in turn means potentially more demand (read higher prices). This is often the case because analysts almost always initiate coverage with a positive recommendation.
For companies with little to no analyst coverage, that one new recommendation can sometimes give portfolio managers the validation to build a position. (And the more money they can invest, the more they can potentially influence prices.)
The best way to use this information is to look for companies with analyst coverage that has increased over the last four weeks. Take a look at the number of analyst recommendations at present compared to the number of analyst recommendations from four weeks ago. An increase in coverage is bullish whereas a decrease is bearish.
It's typically more bullish if the increase went from none to one or if the coverage was minimal to begin with. (Going from 25 to 26 isn't going to have the same impact because that 26th analyst isn't discovering anything 'new'.) But increased coverage is better than decreased coverage — assuming the coverage is positive of course.
Here's a screen to try: -0- *T — Number of Broker Ratings four weeks ago less than or equal to 5 (No more than five analysts were covering the stock four weeks ago.) — Number of Broker Ratings now greater than or equal to 6 (There are at least six analysts covering the stock now.) — Average Broker Rating less than Average Broker Rating four weeks ago (By ' less than', I mean 'better than' four weeks ago.) — Average Broker Rating less than or equal to 3 (I'm not that concerned about the rating itself. But since analysts' recommendations tend to be bullishly biased, I'd prefer to not have them be 'bearish'.) And for good measure — I'm applying all of the above parameters to stocks with Prices greater than or equal to 5 (most money managers won't even look at a stock under $5) and Average Daily Volume greater than or equal to 50,000 shares (if there's not enough volume, even individual investors won't want it). *T
Here are three stocks from this week's screen (3/24/08): -0- *T ESE Esco Technologies, Inc. NDSN Nordson Corp. SUP Superior Industries International, Inc. *T
Get the rest of the stocks on this list and see what new stocks the analysts are talking about. And don't stop there. Try finding companies with no coverage four weeks ago that are finally being looked at today.
Most screeners won't let you search for the number of analysts covering a stock, let alone compare the amount of coverage they had weeks or even months ago. The same goes for changes in the Average Broker Rating and Estimate Revisions. But the Research Wizard allows you to do all of this and more. You can backtest it all.
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