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Is MoneyLion (ML) Outperforming Other Business Services Stocks This Year?

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The Business Services group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Is MoneyLion Inc. (ML - Free Report) one of those stocks right now? By taking a look at the stock's year-to-date performance in comparison to its Business Services peers, we might be able to answer that question.

MoneyLion Inc. is a member of the Business Services sector. This group includes 314 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #9. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.

The Zacks Rank is a successful stock-picking model that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions. The system highlights a number of different stocks that could be poised to outperform the broader market over the next one to three months. MoneyLion Inc. is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for ML's full-year earnings has moved 93.3% higher within the past quarter. This shows that analyst sentiment has improved and the company's earnings outlook is stronger.

According to our latest data, ML has moved about 9.5% on a year-to-date basis. In comparison, Business Services companies have returned an average of 4.5%. This means that MoneyLion Inc. is outperforming the sector as a whole this year.

Another stock in the Business Services sector, Omnicom (OMC - Free Report) , has outperformed the sector so far this year. The stock's year-to-date return is 11.8%.

For Omnicom, the consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 0.9% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

To break things down more, MoneyLion Inc. belongs to the Financial Transaction Services industry, a group that includes 39 individual companies and currently sits at #84 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 5.7% so far this year, so ML is performing better this group in terms of year-to-date returns.

In contrast, Omnicom falls under the Advertising and Marketing industry. Currently, this industry has 18 stocks and is ranked #175. Since the beginning of the year, the industry has moved +1%.

Going forward, investors interested in Business Services stocks should continue to pay close attention to MoneyLion Inc. and Omnicom as they could maintain their solid performance.


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