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5 Stocks With Recent Price Strength to Tap Wall Street Rally
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Key Takeaways
Sezzle shares have surged 411.4% in 4 weeks, with 77.2% expected earnings growth this year.
RFIL, TPC, LMB, and GLDD all show multi-week gains and improving earnings estimates.
All five stocks meet strict screens for momentum, broker ratings, and proximity to 52-week highs.
U.S. stock markets closed sharply higher at a record-high level on Friday. Expectations of a U.S.-China trade deal and interest rate cuts in the second half of 2025 boosted market participants confidence in risky assets like equities.
On June 27, the S&P 500 closed at 6,173.07, marking a new closing high. In intraday trading, Wall Street’s most observed benchmark posted a new all-time high of 6,187.68. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ended at 20,273.46. This was a new record-high closing for the index. In intraday trading, the tech-laden index also posted a new all-time high of 20,311.51. The blue-chip Dow finished at 43,819.27, falling 2.7% below its all-time high recorded on Dec 4, 2024.
Consequently, a handful of stocks have shown price strength. We have primarily targeted stocks that have recently been on a bull run. Such stocks have a high chance of carrying the momentum forward.
If a stock is continuously witnessing an uptrend, there must be a solid reason or it would have probably crashed. So, looking at stocks capable of beating the benchmark that they have set for themselves seems rational.
However, recent price strength alone cannot create magic. Therefore, other relevant parameters are needed to create a successful investment strategy.
Here’s how you should create the screen to shortlist the current as well as the potential winners.
Screening Parameters:
Percentage Change in Price (4 Weeks) greater than zero: This criterion shows that the stock has moved higher in the last four weeks.
Percentage Change Price (12 Weeks) greater than 10: This indicates that the stock has seen momentum over the last three months. This lowers the risk of choosing stocks that may have drawn attention due to the overwhelming performance of the overall market in a very short period.
Zacks Rank 1: No matter whether market conditions are good or bad, stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) have a proven history of outperformance. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Average Broker Rating 1: This indicates that brokers are also highly hopeful about the stock’s future performance.
Current Price greater than 5: The stocks must all be trading at a minimum of $5.
Current Price/ 52-Week High-Low Range more than 85%: This criterion filters stocks that are trading near their respective 52-week highs. It indicates that these are strong enough in terms of price.
Just these few criteria narrowed down the search from over 7,700 stocks to just 13.
Let’s discuss five out of these 13 stocks here:
Sezzle operates as a technology-enabled payments company primarily in the United States and Canada. SEZL provides its proprietary payments solution in-store and online connecting consumers with merchants.
SEZL also offers the Sezzle Platform, which provides a payments solution for consumers that extends credit at the point-of-sale, allowing consumers to purchase and receive the ordered merchandise at the time of sale while paying in installments over time.
The stock price of Sezzle has soared 411.4% over the past four weeks. The company has expected earnings growth of 77.2% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year has improved 6.6% over the last 30 days.
RF Industries designs, manufactures, and markets interconnect products and systems in the United States, Canada, Italy, China, the United Kingdom, and internationally. RFIL operates through two segments, RF Connector and Cable Assembly, and Custom Cabling Manufacturing and Assembly.
RFIL designs, manufactures, and distributes various coaxial connectors and cable assemblies that are integrated with coaxial connectors, custom copper and fiber cable assemblies, complex hybrid fiber optic and power solution cables, adapters, and electromechanical wiring harnesses for communication, computer, LAN, automotive, and medical equipment.
The stock price of RF Industries has jumped 29% over the past four weeks. It has an expected earnings growth rate of more than 100% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 4.3% over the last 30 days.
Tutor Perini provides diversified general contracting, construction management and design-build services to private clients and public agencies worldwide. TPC operates in four segments: Civil, Building, Specialty Contractors, and Management Services. The Civil segment is engaged in public works construction activities and the repair, replacement, and reconstruction of infrastructure.
The Building segment of TPC offers services in specialized building markets, including hospitality and gaming, transportation, healthcare, municipal offices, sports and entertainment, education, correctional facilities, biotech, pharmaceutical, industrial, and high technology.
The Specialty Contractors segment provides plumbing, HVAC, electrical, mechanical, and concrete services for the industrial, commercial, hospitality and gaming, and transportation markets. TPC’s Management Services segment offers construction and design-build services to the U.S. military and government agencies, and multi-national corporations.
The stock price of Tutor Perini has climbed 26% over the past four weeks. It has an expected earnings growth rate of more than 100% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 14.4% over the last 60 days.
Limbach Holdings operates as a building systems solution company in the United States. LMB operates through two segments, General Contractor Relationships and Owner Direct Relationships. LMB is engaged in construction and renovation projects that primarily include mechanical, plumbing, and electrical services.
LMB also provides critical system repair, MEP infrastructure projects, maintenance contracts, building automation upgrades, data-driven insights, and program management services.
The stock price of Limbach Holdings has advanced 9.7% over the past four weeks. The company has expected earnings growth of 21.9% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 36.9% over the last 60 days.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is the largest provider of dredging services in the US conducting business to maintain and deepen shipping channels, reclaim land from the ocean, and renourish storm-damaged coastline.
GLDD also conducts around 25% of its operations internationally with a strong focus in the Middle East. Projects can generally be recognized to fall within a number of categories, namely, maintenance projects to keep shipping channels and harbors at their required depths, capital works to excavate, deepen or widen navigable waterways, beach restoration for storm damaged coastline and reclamation works to restore wetlands or create new land in the ocean.
The stock price of GLDD has risen 8.3% over the past four weeks. The company has expected earnings growth of 14.3% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 39.1% over the last 60 days.
You can get the rest of the stocks on this list by signing up now for your 2-week free trial to the Research Wizard and start using this screen in your own trading. Further, you can also create your own strategies and test them first before taking the investment plunge.
The Research Wizard is a great place to begin. It's easy to use. Everything is in plain language. And it's very intuitive. Start your Research Wizard trial today. And the next time you read an economic report, open up the Research Wizard, plug your finds in, and see what gems come out.
Disclosure: Officers, directors and/or employees of Zacks Investment Research may own or have sold short securities and/or hold long and/or short positions in options that are mentioned in this material. An affiliated investment advisory firm may own or have sold short securities and/or hold long and/or short positions in options that are mentioned in this material.
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5 Stocks With Recent Price Strength to Tap Wall Street Rally
Key Takeaways
U.S. stock markets closed sharply higher at a record-high level on Friday. Expectations of a U.S.-China trade deal and interest rate cuts in the second half of 2025 boosted market participants confidence in risky assets like equities.
On June 27, the S&P 500 closed at 6,173.07, marking a new closing high. In intraday trading, Wall Street’s most observed benchmark posted a new all-time high of 6,187.68. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ended at 20,273.46. This was a new record-high closing for the index. In intraday trading, the tech-laden index also posted a new all-time high of 20,311.51. The blue-chip Dow finished at 43,819.27, falling 2.7% below its all-time high recorded on Dec 4, 2024.
Consequently, a handful of stocks have shown price strength. We have primarily targeted stocks that have recently been on a bull run. Such stocks have a high chance of carrying the momentum forward.
Five such stocks are — Sezzle Inc. (SEZL - Free Report) , RF Industries Ltd. (RFIL - Free Report) , Tutor Perini Corp. (TPC - Free Report) , Limbach Holdings Inc. (LMB - Free Report) and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (GLDD - Free Report) .
If a stock is continuously witnessing an uptrend, there must be a solid reason or it would have probably crashed. So, looking at stocks capable of beating the benchmark that they have set for themselves seems rational.
However, recent price strength alone cannot create magic. Therefore, other relevant parameters are needed to create a successful investment strategy.
Here’s how you should create the screen to shortlist the current as well as the potential winners.
Screening Parameters:
Percentage Change in Price (4 Weeks) greater than zero: This criterion shows that the stock has moved higher in the last four weeks.
Percentage Change Price (12 Weeks) greater than 10: This indicates that the stock has seen momentum over the last three months. This lowers the risk of choosing stocks that may have drawn attention due to the overwhelming performance of the overall market in a very short period.
Zacks Rank 1: No matter whether market conditions are good or bad, stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) have a proven history of outperformance. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Average Broker Rating 1: This indicates that brokers are also highly hopeful about the stock’s future performance.
Current Price greater than 5: The stocks must all be trading at a minimum of $5.
Current Price/ 52-Week High-Low Range more than 85%: This criterion filters stocks that are trading near their respective 52-week highs. It indicates that these are strong enough in terms of price.
Just these few criteria narrowed down the search from over 7,700 stocks to just 13.
Let’s discuss five out of these 13 stocks here:
Sezzle operates as a technology-enabled payments company primarily in the United States and Canada. SEZL provides its proprietary payments solution in-store and online connecting consumers with merchants.
SEZL also offers the Sezzle Platform, which provides a payments solution for consumers that extends credit at the point-of-sale, allowing consumers to purchase and receive the ordered merchandise at the time of sale while paying in installments over time.
The stock price of Sezzle has soared 411.4% over the past four weeks. The company has expected earnings growth of 77.2% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year has improved 6.6% over the last 30 days.
RF Industries designs, manufactures, and markets interconnect products and systems in the United States, Canada, Italy, China, the United Kingdom, and internationally. RFIL operates through two segments, RF Connector and Cable Assembly, and Custom Cabling Manufacturing and Assembly.
RFIL designs, manufactures, and distributes various coaxial connectors and cable assemblies that are integrated with coaxial connectors, custom copper and fiber cable assemblies, complex hybrid fiber optic and power solution cables, adapters, and electromechanical wiring harnesses for communication, computer, LAN, automotive, and medical equipment.
The stock price of RF Industries has jumped 29% over the past four weeks. It has an expected earnings growth rate of more than 100% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 4.3% over the last 30 days.
Tutor Perini provides diversified general contracting, construction management and design-build services to private clients and public agencies worldwide. TPC operates in four segments: Civil, Building, Specialty Contractors, and Management Services. The Civil segment is engaged in public works construction activities and the repair, replacement, and reconstruction of infrastructure.
The Building segment of TPC offers services in specialized building markets, including hospitality and gaming, transportation, healthcare, municipal offices, sports and entertainment, education, correctional facilities, biotech, pharmaceutical, industrial, and high technology.
The Specialty Contractors segment provides plumbing, HVAC, electrical, mechanical, and concrete services for the industrial, commercial, hospitality and gaming, and transportation markets. TPC’s Management Services segment offers construction and design-build services to the U.S. military and government agencies, and multi-national corporations.
The stock price of Tutor Perini has climbed 26% over the past four weeks. It has an expected earnings growth rate of more than 100% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 14.4% over the last 60 days.
Limbach Holdings operates as a building systems solution company in the United States. LMB operates through two segments, General Contractor Relationships and Owner Direct Relationships. LMB is engaged in construction and renovation projects that primarily include mechanical, plumbing, and electrical services.
LMB also provides critical system repair, MEP infrastructure projects, maintenance contracts, building automation upgrades, data-driven insights, and program management services.
The stock price of Limbach Holdings has advanced 9.7% over the past four weeks. The company has expected earnings growth of 21.9% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 36.9% over the last 60 days.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is the largest provider of dredging services in the US conducting business to maintain and deepen shipping channels, reclaim land from the ocean, and renourish storm-damaged coastline.
GLDD also conducts around 25% of its operations internationally with a strong focus in the Middle East. Projects can generally be recognized to fall within a number of categories, namely, maintenance projects to keep shipping channels and harbors at their required depths, capital works to excavate, deepen or widen navigable waterways, beach restoration for storm damaged coastline and reclamation works to restore wetlands or create new land in the ocean.
The stock price of GLDD has risen 8.3% over the past four weeks. The company has expected earnings growth of 14.3% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 39.1% over the last 60 days.
You can get the rest of the stocks on this list by signing up now for your 2-week free trial to the Research Wizard and start using this screen in your own trading. Further, you can also create your own strategies and test them first before taking the investment plunge.
The Research Wizard is a great place to begin. It's easy to use. Everything is in plain language. And it's very intuitive. Start your Research Wizard trial today. And the next time you read an economic report, open up the Research Wizard, plug your finds in, and see what gems come out.
Click here to sign up for a free trial to the Research Wizard today.
Disclosure: Officers, directors and/or employees of Zacks Investment Research may own or have sold short securities and/or hold long and/or short positions in options that are mentioned in this material. An affiliated investment advisory firm may own or have sold short securities and/or hold long and/or short positions in options that are mentioned in this material.
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