BPYU, ZM, and TSLA are top for value, growth, and momentum, respectively

The Russell 1000 Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of the 1000 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. It represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of all listed stocks in the U.S. equity market. For that reason, it is considered a bellwether for large-cap investing. Some of the largest companies in the index include Apple Inc. (AAPL), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), and The Walt Disney Co. (DIS). The Russell 1000’s total return is 20.6% over the past 12 months. All figures throughout are as of January 25.h

Here are the top 5 stocks with the best value, the fastest growth, and the most momentum.

Best Value Stocks

Value investing is a factor-based investing strategy in which you pick stocks that you believe are trading for less than what they are intrinsically worth, usually by measuring the ratio of the stock’s price to one or more fundamental business metrics. A widely accepted value metric is the price-to-earnings ratio (P/E Ratio). Value investors believe that if a business is cheap compared to its intrinsic value, in this case as measured by its P/E ratio, the stock price may rise faster than others as the price comes back in line with the worth of the company. These are the stocks with the lowest 12-month trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio.

Best Value Stocks

 

Price ($)
Market Cap ($B)12-Month Trailing P/E Ratio
Brookfield Property REIT Inc. (BPYU)17.050.71.7
NRG Energy Inc. (NRG)41.9310.22.7
NortonLifeLock Inc. (NLOK)20.6612.24.1
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. (BIO)588.3417.65.0
Xerox Holdings Corp. (XRX)20.754.15.1
  • Brookfield Property REIT Inc.: Brookfield Property REIT is a subsidiary of Brookfield Property Partners LP (BPY). The subsidiary operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) intended to provide investors with economic equivalence to its parent. Brookfield is a diversified global real estate company with a portfolio that includes 2,000 assets in 30 countries. It owns and operates a large portfolio of office, retail, multifamily, industrial, hospitality, student housing, and manufactured housing assets. It aims to generate long-term returns on equity of 12%-15%.
  • NRG Energy Inc.: NRG Energy is an integrated power utility company that produces, sells, and distributes energy and energy services to approximately 3.7 million retail customers. The company generates about 23,000 gigawatts of electricity, of which 43% derives from natural gas, 34% from coal, with the remaining percentage coming from oil, renewables, and nuclear. On January 5, the company completed its acquisition of Direct Energy from Centrica plc. The acquisition, which adds more than 3 million customers across North America to NRG’s customer base, was first announced in July 2020 with a transaction value of $3.6 billion.
  • NortonLifeLock Inc.: NortonLifeLock is a software technology company that offers cyber security to approximately 50 million consumers. The company offer solutions aimed at helping its customers secure their devices, identities, online privacy, and other digital security needs. The company announced in early December that it was acquiring Avira from Investcorp Technology Partners for approximately $360 million. Avira provides cybersecurity and privacy solutions.
  • Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.: Bio-Rad is a healthcare company and maker of life science research and clinical diagnostics products. The company provides products including instruments, software, reagents, and consumables for use in cell biology, gene expression, protein purification and quantitation, and drug discovery and manufacture. Bio-Rad has global offices in 36 countries and annual sales in 2019 of more than $2.2 billion.
  • Xerox Holdings Corp.: Information technology company Xerox Holdings is a holding company which, through its subsidiary Xerox Corp., designs, builds and integrates software and hardware for business use. The company operates in 160 countries and holds more than 18,000 patents. It is known for inventing the copier, the laser printer, and Ethernet, among other products, and also has operations in artificial intelligence, sensors and services for Internet of Things, 3D printing, and clean technologies. As part of its Q4 2020 financial results, Xerox announced that it would reorganize its Software, Financing and Innovation organizations into separate businesses by 2022. Xerox also said it will launch a $250 million corporate venture capital fund to invest in young companies to spur innovation and fuel Xerox’s growth.

Fastest Growing Stocks

Growth investing is a factor-based investing strategy in which you invest in businesses that you believe will grow significantly faster than the market as a whole. There are different growth metrics, but one of the most widely used is growth in profits, as measured by earnings per share (EPS). Growth investors believe that if a company consistently grows profits faster than the market as a whole, its stock price will rise as investors seek to get a share of future profits. These are the stocks with the highest year-over-year (YOY) EPS growth for the most recent quarter.

Fastest Growing Stocks

 
Price ($)Market Cap ($B)EPS Growth (%)
Zoom Video Communications Inc. (ZM)391.83114.46,500
Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN)11.452.03,900
Rockwell Automation Inc. (ROK)260.8530.33,110
AGCO Corp. (AGCO)112.148.41,990
Univar Solutions Inc. (UNVR)19.813.41,600
  • Zoom Video Communications Inc.: Zoom Video Communications is a communications technology company that provides a video-first communication platform and Web conferencing services. Its cloud platform offers video, voice, content sharing, and chat for mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems. The platform supports up to 1,000 video participants and 10,000 viewers on a single conference call. On January 12, the company announced that its Zoom Phone service had reached 1 million seats. Zoom Phone is a modern phone solution for business use which launched two years ago and is available in 44 countries and territories.
  • Brandywine Realty Trust: Brandywine is a REIT that owns, manages, leases, acquires, and develops suburban and urban office properties in several eastern states and Texas. Its office portfolio consists of 185 properties totaling 25.3 million square feet.
  • Rockwell Automation Inc.: Rockwell Automation manufactures industrial automation products, such as connection devices, distributed control systems, drives and motors, industrial control products, lighting and motion control, power supplies, sensors and switches. The company employs a group of about 23,000 problem solvers serving customers in over 100 countries. For Q1 FY 2021, ended December 31, 2020, Rockwell reported a 7.1% YOY decline in sales as net income attributable to Rockwell nearly doubled due mainly to fair value adjustments on investments in Q1 2021 and FY 2020. The company also reported that total orders had increased by double digits sequentially and had exceeded pre-pandemic levels.
  • AGCO Corp.: AGCO designs and manufactures agricultural equipment, including tractors, combines, hay tools, sprayers, forage equipment, and related replacement parts. The company’s brands include Challenger, Fendt, GSI, Massey Ferguson, and Valtra. AGCO serves customers throughout the world with 59% of sales generated in Europe and the Middle East, followed by North America (24%), South America (9%), and Asia-Pacific and Africa (8%).
  • Univar Solutions Inc.: Univar is a basic materials company that provides specialty chemicals and related ingredients to customers and suppliers across multiple industries. Univar’s products include chelants, hydrocarbons, silicones, and surfactants. Additionally, the company offers a range of services including formulation and recipe development, product development, analytical services and technical support, and more. In January, Univar announced an exclusive partnership with Nutrien Ltd. to market and distribute hydrofluorosilicic acid in the U.S. and Canada. The partnership is expected to strengthen Univar’s service to municipal drinking water plants.

Stocks with the Most Momentum

Momentum investing is a factor-based investing strategy in which you invest in a stock whose price has risen faster than the market as a whole. Momentum investors believe that stocks which have outperformed the market will often continue to do so, because the factors that caused them to outperform will not suddenly disappear. In addition, other investors, seeking to benefit from the stock’s outperformance, will often purchase the stock, further bidding its price higher and pushing the stock higher still. These are the stocks that had the highest total return over the last 12 months.

Stocks with the Most Momentum

 
Price ($)Market Cap ($B)12-Month Trailing Total Return (%)
Tesla Inc. (TSLA)880.80834.9679.7
Moderna Inc. (MRNA)147.0058.2596.0
Enphase Energy Inc. (ENPH)202.7325.6520.0
Zoom Video Communications Inc. (ZM)391.83114.4436.8
Peloton Interactive Inc. (PTON)157.1446.0415.2
Russell 1000N/AN/A20.6
  • Tesla Inc.: Tesla is the world’s largest automaker by market value, with a market cap of about $838 billion, and is one of the world’s leading makers of electric vehicles. It designs and manufactures fully electric vehicles, including luxury and mass market sedans and trucks. It also is a clean energy company and produces solar energy generation and energy storage products. Tesla’s stock was added to the S&P 500 Index with a weighting of 1.7% on December 21, 2020. Tesla reported in early January that it produced 179,757 vehicles and delivered 180,570 vehicles in Q4 2020. For the full year, it produced nearly 510,000 units.
  • Moderna Inc.: Moderna is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines. It develops mRNA medicines for infectious, immuno-oncology, autoimmune, and cardiovascular diseases. The company has multiple clinical trials underway, including the commercial stage of mRNA-1273, a COVID-19 vaccine. On January 25, Moderna reported that its COVID-19 vaccine retains neutralizing activity against new variants of the virus which have been identified in South Africa and the U.K.
  • Enphase Energy Inc.: Enphase Energy is a renewable energy company that provides energy management solutions. It designs and manufactures solar panels, energy storage, and more. The company employs more than 700 people worldwide and operates in 21 countries.
  • Zoom Video Communications Inc.: See above for company description.
  • Peloton Interactive Inc.: Peloton Interactive is an interactive exercise and media company that sells workout bikes for indoor use and other recreational services and products. Peloton is the largest interactive fitness platform in the world and serves approximately 3.6 million members. The company’s instructors offer classes in fitness and wellness disciplines such as cycling, running, walking, yoga, stretching, and strength training.

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