Top Stocks to Buy Now – Expert Stock Picks of The Week By StockXpo

Hello all swing traders!!! Welcome back to our weekly article to provide you the Stock picks of the week again. As we said in our past posts, every Friday, we make a prediction to choose and hold at least 9 or more stocks / equities. Our recommendation is to buy these stocks today and hold them for a week at least and balance your portfolio again next week.

It’s very crucial that you stay consistent with this approach and rebalance it every week based on our recommendation. To make it simple and based on your trading style and comfort level, you can pick one or more categories of these stock picks. For that, we are dividing the list in 3 categories – SkyRocket, Value Growth and TechFund. 

Let’s get started then.

StockXpo’s SkyRocket Strategy

– OMI, EAT, GPI, EGO, CCK,COWN

As mentioned earlier in our past articles, in this strategy we try to find the stocks which have a strong fundamental track record and have strong buy or buy ratings from other analyst firms. Moreover, these stocks break thru their 8 week high and even 52 week high, so with their strong fundamental track record, there is a good potential for these stocks to go even higher. For this week, here are our picks. Please note that – compared to last week, we have removed $OMI, $EAT and $GPI and added $EGO, $CCK and $COWN. It’s important to note that $EGO has been tracked under our TechFund category from last week and it’s still there for this week too. You can find the details below in TechFund category.

Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO)- Eldorado Gold has a trailing-twelve-months P/E of 26.19X compared to the Mining – Gold industry’s P/E of 18.17X.

Price to Earnings Ratio or P/E is price / earnings. It is the most commonly used metric for determining a company’s value relative to its earnings. In this example, we are using the actual earnings (EPS) for the trailing twelve months (or TTM). A stock with a P/E ratio of for example, is said to be trading at 20 times its trailing twelve months earnings. In general, a lower number or multiple is usually considered better than a higher one.

Crown Holdings Inc(CCK)– Crown Holdings (CCK – Free Report) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.96 per share, This compares to earnings of $1.56 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 22.50%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this packaging company would post earnings of $1.31 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.33, delivering a surprise of 1.53%.

Cowen Group Inc(COWN)- Free Report)It seems to be a wise idea to add Cowen Group, Inc. (– COWN – Free Report) stock to your portfolio now, given its underlying strength and solid growth prospects amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company has been undertaking several efforts to improve its efficiency and optimize operations.

StockXpo’s – ValueGrowth Strategy

– BIG, BZH, AIR

As you know, this is more like Buffet’s Value Strategy, but our stockpicking criteria is to pick the top 3 out of such value stocks. Moreover, we are more likely to hold them for short term not a long term. Our backtesting suggests that weekly balancing give the very good results and week over week and year over year, it can grow your portfolio exponentially if you just consistently follow these strategies. You may be surprised here but we are not changing our stock picks yet. These stocks still have a lot of potential and so we are still holding on to them this week. So our picks are still $BIG, $BZH and $AIR in this category.

Big Lots Inc($BIG)-  Big Lots (BIG – Free Report) closed at $53.15 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.78% move from the prior day. This change outpaced the S&P 500’s 0.47% gain on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.4%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.33%.Heading into today, shares of the discount retailer had gained 14.6% over the past month, outpacing the Retail-Wholesale sector’s gain of 7.48% and the S&P 500’s gain of 3.42% in that time.

Beazer Homes($BZH)- > )Beazer Homes (BZH – Free Report)) closed the most recent trading day at $10.99, moving -0.72% from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S&P 500’s daily gain of 0.84%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.03%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 2.51%.Prior to today’s trading, shares of the homebuilder had gained 9.5% over the past month. This has outpaced the Construction sector’s gain of 5.51% and the S&P 500’s gain of 3.73% in that time.

Aar Corp($AIR) –) One company value investors might notice is AAR (AIR – Free Report) . )It emphasizes earnings estimates and estimated revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.The stock is trading with P/E ratio of 17.29 right now. For comparison, its industry sports an average P/E of 21.70. Over the last 12 months, AIR’s Forward P/E has been as high as 68.34 and as low as 3.22, with a median of 17.18.

StockXpo’s TechFund Strategy

– CASH, SPNE, PEIX, AB, OMI, EGO, AP, DB, FPRX, ESEA, YRCW

This is the most active category and we give a lot of preference here to stocks which has strong technically and strong fundamental current and past track record. That’s why we call it TechFund (TAFA) strategy. Just like other strategies, we pick these companies here for weekly based swing trade recommendations.

Please note that we have removed $CASH, $SPNE, $PEIX and $OMI from this list and added $DB, $FPRX, $ESEA and $YRCW. You can continue to hold $AB, $EGO and $AP.

TechFund Strategy – Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft ($DB)-Deutsche Bank is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed in New York Stock Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The bank’s network spans 58 countries with a large presence in Europe, the Americas and Asia. As of 2017–2018, Deutsche Bank was the 17th largest bank in the world by total assets. As the largest German banking institution, it is a component of the DAX stock market index.

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. ($AB)– looking for an above average return from the AB shares relative to the market in the next few months. In addition, AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. has a VGM Score of B (this is a weighted average of the individual Style Scores which allow you to focus on the stocks that best fit your personal trading style). Valuation metrics show that AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. may be undervalued.

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. ($FPRX)- )Five Prime Therapeutics (FPRX – Free Report) ) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.48 per share, ) Estimate of a loss of $0.70. This compares to a loss of $0.99 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring item.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 31.43%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this biotech company that develops treatments targeting cancer and autoimmune diseases would post a loss of $0.68 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.57, delivering a surprise of 16.18%

Eldorado Gold Corp ($EGO)- )Eldorado Gold has a trailing-twelve-months P/E of 26.19X compared to the Mining – Gold industry’s P/E of 18.17X.

Price to Earnings Ratio or P/E is price / earnings. It is the most commonly used metric for determining a company’s value relative to its earnings. In this example, we are using the actual earnings (EPS) for the trailing twelve months (or TTM). )A stock with a P/E ratio of for example, is said to be trading at 20 times its trailing twelve months earnings. In general, a lower number or multiple is usually considered better than a higher one.

AmpcoPittsburgh Corp($AP)- )AmpcoPittsburgh has a market cap of $56.58 M, which represents its current share price of $4.42 multiplied by its outstanding share number of 12.8. As a small-cap company, AP’s shareholders are exposed to the most risk.

The company’s Market Capitalization is a measurement of company size. It is a calculation of the company’s share price times the number of outstanding shares. Large market cap companies give stability and are good long-term investments. Small market cap companies can produce faster growth and bigger returns, but their stockholders are exposed to more risk.

Euroseas Ltd ($ESEA)- )Euroseas (ESEA – Free Report) ) reports results for the quarter ended March 2019. While this widely-known consensus outlook is important in gauging the company’s earnings picture, a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates. )The earnings report might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower.

While management’s discussion of business conditions on the earnings call will mostly determine the sustainability of the immediate price change and future earnings expectations, it’s worth having a handicapping insight into the odds of a positive EPS surprise.

YRC Worldwide, Inc. ($YRCW)- )YRC Worldwide (YRCW – Free Report) )to deliver a year-over-year decline in earnings on lower revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended December 2019. This widely-known consensus outlook is important in assessing the company’s earnings picture, but a powerful factor that might influence its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates.The earnings report might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations. On the other hand, if they miss, the stock may move lower.

)While the sustainability of the immediate price change and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management’s discussion of business conditions on the earnings call, it’s worth handicapping the probability of a positive EPS surprise.

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