Assurant had its Relative Strength (RS) Rating upgraded from 74 to 82 Tuesday.
IBD's proprietary rating identifies market leadership with a 1 (worst) to 99 (best) score. The score shows how a stock's price behavior over the last 52 weeks stacks up against all the other stocks in our database.
History shows that the best-performing stocks often have an 80 or higher RS Rating in the early stages of their moves.
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Assurant is trying to complete a flat base with a 230.55 buy point. See if it can break out in heavy volume.
Earnings growth increased last quarter from 9% to 13%, but the top line fell from 7% to 4%.
Assurant holds the No. 9 rank among its peers in the Insurance-Diversified industry group. Bowhead Specialty, Palomar Holdings and EverQuote are among the top 5 highly rated stocks within the group.
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