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Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights: GDX and NEM
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Chicago, IL – April 14, 2022 – Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX - Free Report) and Newmont Corp. (NEM - Free Report) .
Gold Miners Break Out to Fresh 52-Week Highs
When stocks are swingy and volatile, employing a strategy that takes advantage of the market dynamic can not only help us navigate these uncertain times – but thrive and outperform. This is what separates the good investors from the great ones. The top performers are able to adapt their strategies to the current market environment. Similar to an offensive play-caller, these investors successfully adjust to what the other side (the market) is doing by targeting the right industries and executing the proper strategies.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Labor Department released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from March which showed prices jumped 8.5% from a year ago, slightly above expectations. Historically viewed as a hedge against inflation and currency devaluation, precious metals can be a great portfolio diversifier – particularly during times when many equities are falling.
Metals have been outperforming over the past year and look set to continue that run as we move further into the second quarter. While the past few months have been treacherous for passive equity investors, gold has made a stealthy move higher and is up over 8% on the year.
There are numerous ways to gain exposure to precious metals. While investing directly in metals can be lucrative, decades of market history have shown us that it is far more profitable to own stocks of companies that produce commodities than the commodities they produce. One of the best ways to target these metals from an investment perspective is to own the stocks of mining companies. These stocks typically outperform the underlying precious metals due to growth in their intrinsic value.
Precious metals do not have the potential for intrinsic value growth as stocks do. The ability of companies to increase their intrinsic value has always enabled stocks to outperform other types of investments. As the intrinsic value of a company grows, the company can increase its production or services which in turn creates more income.
Exchange-traded fund (ETF) performance can also serve as a confirmation indicator that supports our investment thesis. The VanEck Gold Miners ETF tracks the performance of companies involved in the gold mining industry. The stock we will discuss below is the top holding of GDX and makes up over 15% of the total GDX holdings. GDX hit a fresh 52-week high today and is up over 27% this year alone. The VanEck Gold Miners ETF is displaying relative strength and looks poised to continue its outperformance.
After lagging throughout the latter half of last year, the Basic Materials sector exemplifies the sector rotation that has occurred as it has vastly outperformed the major indices with a 13.54% return year-to-date. This sector is currently ranked in the top 13% out of all 16 Zacks Ranked Sectors.
Digging a bit deeper, the stock we will analyze below is part of the Zacks Mining – Miscellaneous industry group, which ranks in the top 19% of all Zacks Ranked Industries. This industry group is also relatively undervalued (10.0 forward P/E). By targeting stocks in the top industry groups, we can dramatically improve our investing success.
Newmont Corp.
Newmont Corp. is engaged in the production and exploration of gold. The company operates primarily in North America, South America, Australia, and Africa. NEM also explores for copper, silver, zinc, and lead. Newmont was founded in 1916 and is based in Denver, CO.
NEM has surpassed earnings estimates in two of the past three quarters. The metals mining company most recently reported Q4 EPS back in February of $0.78, a +2.63% surprise over the $0.76 estimate. Shares have advanced 36.5% so far this year.
What the Zacks Model Unveils
The Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction) seeks to find companies that have recently seen positive earnings estimate revision activity. This more recent information has proven to be very useful in finding positive earnings surprises, giving investors a leg up during earnings season. In fact, when combining a Zacks Rank #3 or better and a positive Earnings ESP, stocks produced a positive surprise 70% of the time according to our 10-year backtest.
NEM is currently a Zacks Rank #3 stock and boasts an +8.37% Earnings ESP. Another beat may be in the cards when the company reports Q1 results on April 22nd. Analysts have increased their first-quarter results by +13.89% in the past 60 days. The Zacks Consensus Estimate now stands at $0.82, which would translate to growth of 10.81% relative to the same quarter a year ago.
Keep an eye on this gold producer as the mining group continues to outperform the market.
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Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights: GDX and NEM
For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – April 14, 2022 – Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX - Free Report) and Newmont Corp. (NEM - Free Report) .
Gold Miners Break Out to Fresh 52-Week Highs
When stocks are swingy and volatile, employing a strategy that takes advantage of the market dynamic can not only help us navigate these uncertain times – but thrive and outperform. This is what separates the good investors from the great ones. The top performers are able to adapt their strategies to the current market environment. Similar to an offensive play-caller, these investors successfully adjust to what the other side (the market) is doing by targeting the right industries and executing the proper strategies.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Labor Department released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from March which showed prices jumped 8.5% from a year ago, slightly above expectations. Historically viewed as a hedge against inflation and currency devaluation, precious metals can be a great portfolio diversifier – particularly during times when many equities are falling.
Metals have been outperforming over the past year and look set to continue that run as we move further into the second quarter. While the past few months have been treacherous for passive equity investors, gold has made a stealthy move higher and is up over 8% on the year.
There are numerous ways to gain exposure to precious metals. While investing directly in metals can be lucrative, decades of market history have shown us that it is far more profitable to own stocks of companies that produce commodities than the commodities they produce. One of the best ways to target these metals from an investment perspective is to own the stocks of mining companies. These stocks typically outperform the underlying precious metals due to growth in their intrinsic value.
Precious metals do not have the potential for intrinsic value growth as stocks do. The ability of companies to increase their intrinsic value has always enabled stocks to outperform other types of investments. As the intrinsic value of a company grows, the company can increase its production or services which in turn creates more income.
Exchange-traded fund (ETF) performance can also serve as a confirmation indicator that supports our investment thesis. The VanEck Gold Miners ETF tracks the performance of companies involved in the gold mining industry. The stock we will discuss below is the top holding of GDX and makes up over 15% of the total GDX holdings. GDX hit a fresh 52-week high today and is up over 27% this year alone. The VanEck Gold Miners ETF is displaying relative strength and looks poised to continue its outperformance.
After lagging throughout the latter half of last year, the Basic Materials sector exemplifies the sector rotation that has occurred as it has vastly outperformed the major indices with a 13.54% return year-to-date. This sector is currently ranked in the top 13% out of all 16 Zacks Ranked Sectors.
Digging a bit deeper, the stock we will analyze below is part of the Zacks Mining – Miscellaneous industry group, which ranks in the top 19% of all Zacks Ranked Industries. This industry group is also relatively undervalued (10.0 forward P/E). By targeting stocks in the top industry groups, we can dramatically improve our investing success.
Newmont Corp.
Newmont Corp. is engaged in the production and exploration of gold. The company operates primarily in North America, South America, Australia, and Africa. NEM also explores for copper, silver, zinc, and lead. Newmont was founded in 1916 and is based in Denver, CO.
NEM has surpassed earnings estimates in two of the past three quarters. The metals mining company most recently reported Q4 EPS back in February of $0.78, a +2.63% surprise over the $0.76 estimate. Shares have advanced 36.5% so far this year.
What the Zacks Model Unveils
The Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction) seeks to find companies that have recently seen positive earnings estimate revision activity. This more recent information has proven to be very useful in finding positive earnings surprises, giving investors a leg up during earnings season. In fact, when combining a Zacks Rank #3 or better and a positive Earnings ESP, stocks produced a positive surprise 70% of the time according to our 10-year backtest.
NEM is currently a Zacks Rank #3 stock and boasts an +8.37% Earnings ESP. Another beat may be in the cards when the company reports Q1 results on April 22nd. Analysts have increased their first-quarter results by +13.89% in the past 60 days. The Zacks Consensus Estimate now stands at $0.82, which would translate to growth of 10.81% relative to the same quarter a year ago.
Keep an eye on this gold producer as the mining group continues to outperform the market.
Why Haven't You Looked at Zacks' Top Stocks?
Our 5 best-performing strategies have blown away the S&P's impressive +28.8% gain in 2021. Amazingly, they soared +40.3%, +48.2%, +67.6%, +94.4%, and +95.3%. Today you can access their live picks without cost or obligation.
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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/performancefor information about the performance numbers displayed in this press release.