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Is This 1 Momentum Stock a Screaming Buy Right Now?
Different than value or growth investors, momentum-oriented investors live by the saying "the trend is your friend." This investing style is all about taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Employing factors like one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, the Momentum Style Score can indicate favorable times to build a position in high-momentum stocks.
Hilltop Holdings (HTH)
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Hilltop Holdings Inc. is a financial holding company. It provides consumer and business banking services through PlainsCapital Bank. It offers a wide range of financial products and services through broker-dealers (Hilltop Securities Inc. and Hilltop Securities Independent Network Inc.) along with mortgage origination (PrimeLending). As of March 31, 2025, the company employed nearly 3,640 people and operated through roughly 316 locations across 47 states.
HTH boasts a Momentum Style Score of B and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Shares of Hilltop Holdings has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is down 3.9% over the past one week and up 2.2% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, HTH has lost 5.1%. As for the stock's trading volume, 332,153.84 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.
Momentum investors also pay close attention to a company's earnings. For HTH, four analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.32 to $1.86 per share for 2025. HTH boasts an average earnings surprise of 68.9%.
With strong earnings growth, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Momentum and VGM Style Scores, investors should think about adding HTH to their portfolios.
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