When building your watch list, look for stocks with an 80 or higher RS Rating. Whirlpool just met that criteria with a new score of 81.
This exclusive rating from Investor's Business Daily identifies market leadership with a 1 (worst) to 99 (best) score. The grade shows how a stock's price behavior over the last 52 weeks stacks up against all the other stocks in our database.
Over 100 years of market history shows that the best-performing stocks tend to have an 80 or better RS Rating as they launch their biggest runs.
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While the stock is not near a proper buy zone right now, see if it manages to form and break out from a proper base.
Earnings growth moved up last quarter from -43% to -37%, but sales fell from -17% to -19%.
The company earns the No. 6 rank among its peers in the Household-Appliances/Hardware industry group. SharkNinja, Newell Brands and Middleby are among the top 5 highly rated stocks within the group.
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