For those looking to find strong Finance stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Is Assurant (AIZ) one of those stocks right now? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Finance sector should help us answer this question.Assurant is one of 860 companies in the Finance group. The Finance group currently sits at #1 within the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual ...

Have you been paying attention to shares of Assurant (AIZ) ? Shares have been on the move with the stock up 15.9% over the past month. The stock hit a new 52-week high of $199.5 in the previous session. Assurant has gained 17% since the start of the year compared to the 16% move for the Zacks Finance sector and the 13.8% return for the Zacks Insurance - Multi line industry.What's Driving the Outperformance?The stock has a great record of positive earnings surprises, as it hasn't missed our earnings consensu ...

Investors looking for stocks in the Insurance - Multi line sector might want to consider either Assurant (AIZ) or Oscar Health, Inc. (OSCR) . But which of these two stocks presents investors with the better value opportunity right now? Let's take a closer look.The best way to find great value stocks is to pair a strong Zacks Rank with an impressive grade in the Value category of our Style Scores system. The Zacks Rank favors stocks with strong earnings estimate revision trends, and our Style Scores highligh ...

Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 30th:Assurant (AIZ) : This company which is a global provider of risk management solutions in the housing and lifestyle markets, protecting where people live and the goods they buy, has a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.1% over the last 60 days.Assurant’s shares gained 13.1% over the last three month compared with the ...

Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, August 30th:  RCM Technologies (RCMT) : This company which is a national provider of Business, Technology and resource solutions in information technology and professional engineering to customers in corporate and government sectors, carries a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.2% over the last 60 days.RCM Technologies has a p ...

This year’s market action has been fast and furious as stocks continue to build on their new bull market. Better-than-expected corporate earnings, decelerating inflation, and a lower interest rate outlook are all contributing to this recent surge. Sector rotation has been on full display as other areas of the market are passed the baton.Insurance stocks are beginning to outperform and have displayed relatively little volatility. These stocks are often overlooked due to their stable nature. But as history ha ...

Assurant, Inc.’s (AIZ) shares have rallied 39.3% in a year compared with the industry's growth of 26.4%. The Finance sector and the Zacks S&P 500 index have returned 27.9% and 27.1% in the said time frame, respectively. With a market capitalization of $9.98 billion, the average volume of shares traded in the last three months was 0.3 million.Image Source: Zacks Investment ResearchThe rally was largely driven by the well-performing Global Lifestyle business, growth of fee-based capital-light businesses, soli ...

Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong value characteristics for investors to consider today, August 27th:  Mitsui & Co. (MITSY) : This company which has a global empire comprising more than 860 subsidiaries and associated companies with operations in chemicals, foodstuffs, general merchandise, iron and steel, machinery, nonferrous metals, textiles, energy, and real estate and service industries, carries a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year ...

Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 27th:DaVita (DVA) : This company which operates kidney dialysis centers and provides related medical services primarily in dialysis centers and in contracted hospitals across the U.S, has a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.9% over the last 60 days.DaVita’s shares gained 11.7% over the last three month compared with the ...

Momentum investing is all about the idea of following a stock's recent trend, which can be in either direction. In the 'long' context, investors will essentially be "buying high, but hoping to sell even higher." And for investors following this methodology, taking advantage of trends in a stock's price is key; once a stock establishes a course, it is more than likely to continue moving in that direction. The goal is that once a stock heads down a fixed path, it will lead to timely and profitable trades.Even ...