Investor ratings can be a bit confusing… Confusing because they can be somewhat arbitrary. It’s not that they are fickle, per se. It’s just that different analysts place different weights on factors that could result in a vastly different rating. That said, ratings do have an effect on the markets, and they can give individual investor a sense of overall sentiment or trajectory. #-ad_banner-#I ran investor ratings through one of my favorite market screeners to find the top five U.S. stocks with a market cap higher than $10 billion. I then sorted them by trading ratings, followed by revenue growth,… Read More
Investor ratings can be a bit confusing… Confusing because they can be somewhat arbitrary. It’s not that they are fickle, per se. It’s just that different analysts place different weights on factors that could result in a vastly different rating. That said, ratings do have an effect on the markets, and they can give individual investor a sense of overall sentiment or trajectory. #-ad_banner-#I ran investor ratings through one of my favorite market screeners to find the top five U.S. stocks with a market cap higher than $10 billion. I then sorted them by trading ratings, followed by revenue growth, profitability and valuation. These top five companies beat out famous names like Amazon, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), ranked 8th, Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), ranked 18th, Google’s parent company Alphabet, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL), ranked 31st, and China’s Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU), ranked 32nd. Let’s take a look at them: 5. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) With a five-star investor rating and a five-star trading rating, Raytheon boasts strong profitability. RTN develops and manufactures engineering technology for government and commercial uses, in sectors such as defense, IT and electronics. Analysts rate RTN as a very strong buy, and technical analysis indicates bullishness in both the… Read More