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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Target, NVIDIA, The Sherwin-Williams Co, Danaher Corp and FedEx
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For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – June 18, 2021 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Target Corporation (TGT - Free Report) , NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA - Free Report) , The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW - Free Report) , Danaher Corporation (DHR - Free Report) and FedEx Corporation (FDX - Free Report) .
Here are highlights from Thursday’s Analyst Blog:
5 Picks as Inflation Is "Transitory," Tapering Not in View
In its latest FOMC meeting, Fed acknowledged that the U.S. economy is suffering from inflationary pressure and a rate hike may come before than expected. Consequently, stock markets dipped and yield of the 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note climbed on Jun 16.
However, three major positives are there in Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's post FOMC statement. The first is no immediate tapering of the ongoing $120 billion per month quantitative easing program. Second, a rate hike, if it happens, may not take place before late 2023. Third, Fed officials' informal discussions about a possible deviation from the existing easy-money policy are solely due to an impressive recovery of the U.S. economy, beyond the central bank's own expectations.
Inflation Appears Transitory to Fed
The latest "dot plot" — a quarterly map of each Federal Open Market Committee member's expectations for rates over the coming years — showed that 13 out of 18 officials expect a hike in short-term interest rate in late 2023. In March, only seven officials were expecting this. Accordingly, Fed signaled that the benchmark lending rate may move upward in late 2023 instead of 2024 estimated in March.
Yet, Powell has commented that dot plots should be taken with a "big grain of salt." It is "not a great forecaster of future rate moves." Fed's policy will be guided by the actual outcome of economic variables and not by its officials' expectations about the future.
In the June FOMC, Fed projected that the core PCE price index — Fed's favorite inflation gauge — will jump 3% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with the 2.2% forecast in March. Most surprisingly, despite a huge jump in the inflation rate projection, Powell said, "Our expectation is that these high inflation readings now will abate."
The central bank is still expecting the recent augmentation in general price level to be transitory, resulting from global disruption in the supply-chain system and shortage of skilled labor. This is evident from the fact that the Fed expects inflation to cool down to 2.1% in 2022 and 2.2% in 2023. This is exactly what the central bank was looking for when it changed policies in the Jackson Hole Symposium in August 2020.
Moreover, the Fed did not provide any guidelines on when it will start tapering its $120 billion per month bond-buying program. The Fed Chair reiterated that the central bank will give enough signals in advance before it actually starts tapering. It is highly unlikely that tapering will start before 2022. Also, it will take nearly a year to trim the bond-buying level to zero.
Finally, it seems that Fed is still concerned about the job market. As per May nonfarm payrolls, the unemployment rate was 5.8% and 7.6 million fewer Americans were in jobs compared with the pre-pandemic level of February 2020. Fed reaffirmed that the unemployment rate will come down to 4.5% at the end of 2021. However, considering May's job data, it is a long way to go.
Robust U.S. Economic Recovery
Supported by the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, a sharp reduction in new coronavirus cases and faster-than-expected reopening of the U.S. economy, Fed raised the U.S. GDP growth rate for 2021 to 7% from 6.5% in March.
Several globally recognized economic and financial agencies like the World Bank, the IMF, OECD and oxford Economics also projected the U.S. economic growth rate within the range of 6.5% to 7% for 2021, the highest in 38 years.
Moreover, corporate profits are expected to soar in 2021 and beyond. Per our projections on Jun 11, total earnings of the market's benchmark — S&P 500 Index — are expected to climb 34.8% year over year on 10.5% higher revenues in 2021 compared with a 13.1% year-over-year decline in earnings on 1.7% lower revenues in the coronavirus-ridden 2020.
Thereafter, in 2022, total earnings of the S&P Index are forecast to grow 11.2% year over year on 6.4% higher revenues and in 2023, total earnings of the S&P Index are estimated to grow 11.4% year over year on 4.9% higher revenues.
Our Top Picks
We believe that yesterday's market pull back was a temporary phenomenon. It may continue for the next few days as market participants' will fully digest the Fed Chairman's post FOMC statement. Eventually, Wall Street's northbound journey in the first five months of this year will continue for the rest of 2021.
We have narrowed down our search to five corporate bigwigs (market capital > $50 billion) that have provided better returns than the market's benchmark S&P 500 Index in the past three months. These companies have a robust business model across the world and command globally acclaimed brand values. Their strong financial positions will help them to cope with a higher interest rate.
Moreover, these stocks have strong growth potential for the rest of 2021 and have seen solid earnings estimate revisions within the last 30 days. Each of our picks carries either a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Target Corp. has an expected earnings growth rate of 25.6% for the current year (ending January 2022). The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings has improved 33.8% over the last 30 days. This Zacks Rank #1 company has a current dividend yield of 1.2% and the stock price has climbed 28.7% in the past three months.
NVIDIA Corp. has an expected earnings growth rate of 58.4% for the current year (ending January 2021). The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year improved 16.4% over the last 30 days. This Zacks Rank #2 company has a current dividend yield of 0.1% and the stock price has soared 40% in the past three months.
The Sherwin-Williams Co. has an expected earnings growth rate of 15.1% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings has improved 0.6% over the last 30 days. This Zacks Rank #2 company has a current dividend yield of 0.8% and the stock price has appreciated 13.4% in the past three months.
Danaher Corp. has an expected earnings growth rate of 41.5% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year improved 0.2% over the last 30 days. This Zacks Rank #2 company has a current dividend yield of 0.3% and the stock price has advanced 13.3% in the past three months.
FedEx Corp. has an expected earnings growth rate of 13.9% for the current year (ending May 2022). The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year has improved 0.9% over the last 30 days. This Zacks Rank #2 company has a current dividend yield of 0.9% and the stock price has surged 11.8% in the past three months.
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Inherent in any investment is the potential for loss. This material is being provided for informational purposes only and nothing herein constitutes investment, legal, accounting or tax advice, or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold a security. No recommendation or advice is being given as to whether any investment is suitable for a particular investor. It should not be assumed that any investments in securities, companies, sectors or markets identified and described were or will be profitable. All information is current as of the date of herein and is subject to change without notice. Any views or opinions expressed may not reflect those of the firm as a whole. Zacks Investment Research does not engage in investment banking, market making or asset management activities of any securities. These returns are from hypothetical portfolios consisting of stocks with Zacks Rank = 1 that were rebalanced monthly with zero transaction costs. These are not the returns of actual portfolios of stocks. The S&P 500 is an unmanaged index. Visit https://www.zacks.com/performance for information about the performance numbers displayed in this press release.
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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Target, NVIDIA, The Sherwin-Williams Co, Danaher Corp and FedEx
For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – June 18, 2021 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Target Corporation (TGT - Free Report) , NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA - Free Report) , The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW - Free Report) , Danaher Corporation (DHR - Free Report) and FedEx Corporation (FDX - Free Report) .
Here are highlights from Thursday’s Analyst Blog:
5 Picks as Inflation Is "Transitory," Tapering Not in View
In its latest FOMC meeting, Fed acknowledged that the U.S. economy is suffering from inflationary pressure and a rate hike may come before than expected. Consequently, stock markets dipped and yield of the 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note climbed on Jun 16.
However, three major positives are there in Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's post FOMC statement. The first is no immediate tapering of the ongoing $120 billion per month quantitative easing program. Second, a rate hike, if it happens, may not take place before late 2023. Third, Fed officials' informal discussions about a possible deviation from the existing easy-money policy are solely due to an impressive recovery of the U.S. economy, beyond the central bank's own expectations.
Inflation Appears Transitory to Fed
The latest "dot plot" — a quarterly map of each Federal Open Market Committee member's expectations for rates over the coming years — showed that 13 out of 18 officials expect a hike in short-term interest rate in late 2023. In March, only seven officials were expecting this. Accordingly, Fed signaled that the benchmark lending rate may move upward in late 2023 instead of 2024 estimated in March.
Yet, Powell has commented that dot plots should be taken with a "big grain of salt." It is "not a great forecaster of future rate moves." Fed's policy will be guided by the actual outcome of economic variables and not by its officials' expectations about the future.
In the June FOMC, Fed projected that the core PCE price index — Fed's favorite inflation gauge — will jump 3% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with the 2.2% forecast in March. Most surprisingly, despite a huge jump in the inflation rate projection, Powell said, "Our expectation is that these high inflation readings now will abate."
The central bank is still expecting the recent augmentation in general price level to be transitory, resulting from global disruption in the supply-chain system and shortage of skilled labor. This is evident from the fact that the Fed expects inflation to cool down to 2.1% in 2022 and 2.2% in 2023. This is exactly what the central bank was looking for when it changed policies in the Jackson Hole Symposium in August 2020.
Moreover, the Fed did not provide any guidelines on when it will start tapering its $120 billion per month bond-buying program. The Fed Chair reiterated that the central bank will give enough signals in advance before it actually starts tapering. It is highly unlikely that tapering will start before 2022. Also, it will take nearly a year to trim the bond-buying level to zero.
Finally, it seems that Fed is still concerned about the job market. As per May nonfarm payrolls, the unemployment rate was 5.8% and 7.6 million fewer Americans were in jobs compared with the pre-pandemic level of February 2020. Fed reaffirmed that the unemployment rate will come down to 4.5% at the end of 2021. However, considering May's job data, it is a long way to go.
Robust U.S. Economic Recovery
Supported by the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, a sharp reduction in new coronavirus cases and faster-than-expected reopening of the U.S. economy, Fed raised the U.S. GDP growth rate for 2021 to 7% from 6.5% in March.
Several globally recognized economic and financial agencies like the World Bank, the IMF, OECD and oxford Economics also projected the U.S. economic growth rate within the range of 6.5% to 7% for 2021, the highest in 38 years.
Moreover, corporate profits are expected to soar in 2021 and beyond. Per our projections on Jun 11, total earnings of the market's benchmark — S&P 500 Index — are expected to climb 34.8% year over year on 10.5% higher revenues in 2021 compared with a 13.1% year-over-year decline in earnings on 1.7% lower revenues in the coronavirus-ridden 2020.
Thereafter, in 2022, total earnings of the S&P Index are forecast to grow 11.2% year over year on 6.4% higher revenues and in 2023, total earnings of the S&P Index are estimated to grow 11.4% year over year on 4.9% higher revenues.
Our Top Picks
We believe that yesterday's market pull back was a temporary phenomenon. It may continue for the next few days as market participants' will fully digest the Fed Chairman's post FOMC statement. Eventually, Wall Street's northbound journey in the first five months of this year will continue for the rest of 2021.
We have narrowed down our search to five corporate bigwigs (market capital > $50 billion) that have provided better returns than the market's benchmark S&P 500 Index in the past three months. These companies have a robust business model across the world and command globally acclaimed brand values. Their strong financial positions will help them to cope with a higher interest rate.
Moreover, these stocks have strong growth potential for the rest of 2021 and have seen solid earnings estimate revisions within the last 30 days. Each of our picks carries either a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Target Corp. has an expected earnings growth rate of 25.6% for the current year (ending January 2022). The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings has improved 33.8% over the last 30 days. This Zacks Rank #1 company has a current dividend yield of 1.2% and the stock price has climbed 28.7% in the past three months.
NVIDIA Corp. has an expected earnings growth rate of 58.4% for the current year (ending January 2021). The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year improved 16.4% over the last 30 days. This Zacks Rank #2 company has a current dividend yield of 0.1% and the stock price has soared 40% in the past three months.
The Sherwin-Williams Co. has an expected earnings growth rate of 15.1% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current-year earnings has improved 0.6% over the last 30 days. This Zacks Rank #2 company has a current dividend yield of 0.8% and the stock price has appreciated 13.4% in the past three months.
Danaher Corp. has an expected earnings growth rate of 41.5% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year improved 0.2% over the last 30 days. This Zacks Rank #2 company has a current dividend yield of 0.3% and the stock price has advanced 13.3% in the past three months.
FedEx Corp. has an expected earnings growth rate of 13.9% for the current year (ending May 2022). The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year has improved 0.9% over the last 30 days. This Zacks Rank #2 company has a current dividend yield of 0.9% and the stock price has surged 11.8% in the past three months.
Time to Invest in Legal Marijuana
If you're looking for big gains, there couldn't be a better time to get in on a young industry primed to skyrocket from $17.7 billion back in 2019 to an expected $73.6 billion by 2027.
After a clean sweep of 6 election referendums in 5 states, pot is now legal in 36 states plus D.C. Federal legalization is expected soon and that could be a still greater bonanza for investors. Even before the latest wave of legalization, Zacks Investment Research has recommended pot stocks that have shot up as high as +285.9%
You're invited to check out Zacks' Marijuana Moneymakers: An Investor's Guide. It features a timely Watch List of pot stocks and ETFs with exceptional growth potential.
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Inherent in any investment is the potential for loss. This material is being provided for informational purposes only and nothing herein constitutes investment, legal, accounting or tax advice, or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold a security. No recommendation or advice is being given as to whether any investment is suitable for a particular investor. It should not be assumed that any investments in securities, companies, sectors or markets identified and described were or will be profitable. All information is current as of the date of herein and is subject to change without notice. Any views or opinions expressed may not reflect those of the firm as a whole. Zacks Investment Research does not engage in investment banking, market making or asset management activities of any securities. These returns are from hypothetical portfolios consisting of stocks with Zacks Rank = 1 that were rebalanced monthly with zero transaction costs. These are not the returns of actual portfolios of stocks. The S&P 500 is an unmanaged index. Visit https://www.zacks.com/performance for information about the performance numbers displayed in this press release.