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Chicago, IL – November 25, 2022 – Stocks in this week’s article are RPM International (RPM - Free Report) , W.W. Grainger (GWW - Free Report) , Grand Canyon Education (LOPE - Free Report) and Texas Roadhouse (TXRH - Free Report) .

4 GARP Stocks to Scoop Up for Maximum Returns

Growth at a reasonable price or GARP is an excellent strategy to earn quick profits from investments. The GARP approach helps identify stocks that are priced below the market or any reasonable target determined by fundamental analysis.

The strategy helps investors gain exposure to stocks that have impressive prospects and are trading at a discount. GARP stocks have solid prospects in terms of cash flow, revenues, earnings per share (EPS) and others.

Therefore, a portfolio created on the basis of the GARP strategy contains stocks that offer the best value and growth investing. RPM International, W.W. Grainger, Grand Canyon Education and Texas Roadhouse are some GARP stocks that hold promise.

GARP Metrics — Mix of Growth & Value Metrics

The GARP strategy seeks to offer an ideal investment by utilizing the best features of both value and growth investing. Investors adopting the GARP approach will prefer to buy stocks that are priced below the market or any reasonable target determined by fundamental analysis. The stocks have solid prospects in terms of cash flow, revenues, EPS and others.

Growth Metrics

A strong earnings growth history and impressive earnings prospects are the main concepts that GARP investors borrow from the growth investing strategy. However, instead of super-normal growth rates, pursuing stocks with a more stable and reasonable growth rate is a tactic of GARP investors. Hence, growth rates between 5% and 20% are considered ideal under the GARP strategy.

Another growth metric considered by both growth and GARP investors is return on equity (ROE). GARP investors look for strong and higher ROE than the industry average to identify superior stocks. Moreover, stocks with a positive cash flow find precedence under the GARP plan.

Value Metrics

GARP investing prioritizes one of the popular value metrics — the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio. Though the investing style picks stocks with higher P/E ratios than value investors, it avoids companies with extremely high P/E ratios. The price-to-book value (P/B) ratio is also considered.

Using the GARP principle, we have run a screen to identify stocks that should offer solid returns in the near term.

Here are four stocks that made it through the screen:

RPM International manufactures and markets high-performance coatings, sealants and specialty chemicals, primarily for maintenance and improvement applications. RPM currently sports a Zacks Rank #1. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

RPM has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 7.34%, on average. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for RPM's fiscal 2023 earnings has moved 2.4% north to $4.60 per share over the past 30 days.

W.W. Grainger is a broad-line, business-to-business distributor of maintenance, repair and operating products and services, operating primarily in North America, Japan and the U.K. The company currently carries a Zacks Rank #2.

W.W. Grainger has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 10.1%, on average. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for W.W. Grainger's 2022 earnings has moved 4.1% north to $29.31 per share over the past 30 days.

Grand Canyon Education is an accredited provider of online post-secondary education services focused on offering graduate and undergraduate degree programs in its core disciplines of education, business and healthcare.  The company currently carries a Zacks Rank #2.

Grand Canyon Education has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 4.79%, on average. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for LOPE's 2022 earnings has moved 3.9% north to $5.85 per share over the past 30 days.

Texas Roadhouse is a full-service, casual dining restaurant chain, which offers an assortment of specially seasoned and aged steaks on the premises and cooked to order over open grills. The company currently carries a Zacks Rank #2.

Texas Roadhouse has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 11.24%, on average. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2022 earnings has moved 4.6% north to $4.07 per share over the past 30 days.

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