Las Vegas Sands saw an improvement in its IBD SmartSelect Composite Rating Friday, from 94 to 97.
The new score means the company is now outperforming 97% of all stocks in terms of the most important fundamental and technical stock-picking criteria.
Las Vegas Sands is trading within the buy zone from a 60.40 entry from a cup with handle. Learn more about the stock from our in-depth coverage yesterday in a feature by staff writer Aparna Narayanan.
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One weak spot is the company's 63 EPS Rating, which tracks quarterly and annual earnings-per-share growth. Look for that to improve to 80 or better to show it's in the top 20% of all stocks.
Its Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B shows moderate buying by institutional investors over the last 13 weeks.
In Q1, the company posted 0% earnings-per-share growth. Revenue growth climbed 125%, up from 11% in the prior quarter. That marks one quarter of increasing revenue increases.
Las Vegas Sands holds the No. 2 rank among its peers in the Leisure-Gaming/Equipment industry group. Churchill Downs is the No. 1-ranked stock within the group.
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