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Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers for Sep 18, 2025 Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers for 09/18/25

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Growth
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Income

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Green Dot	GDOT	15.22	+4.75%
Great Lakes...	GLDD	12.29	+2.67%
NCS Multist...	NCSM	49.74	+2.60%
Kimball Ele...	KE	32.07	+2.40%
Cars.com	CARS	13.64	+2.33%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
CrowdStrike...	CRWD	493.91	+10.87%
Chegg	CHGG	1.56	+10.64%
Advantest	ATEYY	103.10	+9.34%
Skillsoft	SKIL	14.45	+9.30%
Credo Techn...	CRDO	176.15	+7.12%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Advantest	ATEYY	103.10	+9.34%
Skillsoft	SKIL	14.45	+9.30%
Tutor Perin...	TPC	65.84	+3.49%
Aveanna Hea...	AVAH	8.34	+3.22%
InfuSystems...	INFU	10.07	+2.97%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Hillenbrand...	HI	25.29	+5.03%
ADEIA INC	ADEA	16.39	+4.40%
Lazard, Inc...	LAZ	57.44	+3.29%
Corning	GLW	79.26	+3.10%
Equity Banc...	EQBK	42.13	+2.81%

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Company (Symbol)	Report
Corning (GLW)	ANALYST REPORT
Unilever (UL)	Quantitative Report
Zebra Technologies (ZBRA)	ANALYST REPORT
Trip.com Group Limit... (TCOM)	Quantitative Report
Hillenbrand (HI)	Quantitative Report

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Symbol	Time	Expected	Reported	%Surprise
No EPS Positive Surprises for Sep 18, 2025

EPS Positive Surprises for Sep 18, 2025

Symbol	Time	Expected	Reported	%Surprise
FDS	06:09	4.15	4.05	-2.41
DRI	07:05	2.00	1.97	-1.50

EPS Negative Surprises for Sep 18, 2025

Upcoming Earnings ESP

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MU	3.08%	2.96	2.87
KBH	1.40%	1.53	1.50

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