Zacks.com featured highlights include Wolverine World Wide, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Datadog, Progressive and Klaviyo
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Chicago, IL – September 4, 2024 – Stocks in this week’s article are Wolverine World Wide, Inc. WWW, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. BMRN, Datadog, Inc. DDOG, Progressive Corp. PGR and Klaviyo, Inc. KVYO.
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Given the current upbeat market performance, it is difficult for retail investors to choose stocks independently and generate solid returns. For this, one has to understand the fundamentals of the company and try to place them against the current economic background to figure out how the stock may fare as an investment.
One way to cut short this task is to follow brokers' recommendations. Stocks like Wolverine World Wide, Inc., BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Datadog, Inc., Progressive Corp. and Klaviyo, Inc. are worth betting on.
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Based in Rockford, MI, Wolverine is engaged in the designing, manufacturing and distribution of a wide variety of casual as well as active apparel and footwear. WWW also manufactures children's footwear and specially designed boots and accessories for industrial purposes.
Wolverine's 2024 earnings are expected to skyrocket 1600% year over year. WWW, sporting a Zacks Rank #1, has witnessed a 12.5% upward revision in broker ratings over the past four weeks.
Headquartered in San Rafael, CA, BioMarin focuses on the development and commercialization of treatments for life-threatening severe medical conditions, mainly for children. BMRN has a collaboration agreement with Sanofi's subsidiary, Genzyme, for Aldurazyme. Genzyme is BioMarin's sole customer for Aldurazyme and is responsible for marketing and selling Aldurazyme to third parties.
BioMarin's 2024 earnings are projected to grow at the rate of 54.3% on a year-over-year basis. The company, carrying a Zacks Rank #2 at present, has witnessed an 8% upward revision in broker ratings over the past four weeks.
Datadog, based in New York, is a monitoring and analytics platform for developers, IT operations teams and business users in the cloud age. DDOG's business runs around its portfolio of more than 400 out-of-the-box integrations, including public cloud, private cloud, on-premise hardware, databases and third-party software.
Datadog's 2024 earnings are expected to jump 22.7%. DDOG, carrying a Zacks Rank #2 at present, has witnessed a 2.6% upward revision in broker ratings in the past four weeks.
Headquartered in Tampa, FL, Progressive Corp is one of the major auto insurers in the country. PGR is a leading independent agency writer of private passenger auto coverage and the market leader for motorcycle products.
Progressive Corp's 2024 earnings are projected to surge 99.7% on a year-over-year basis. PGR, carrying a Zacks Rank #2 at present, has witnessed a 10% upward revision in broker ratings over the past four weeks.
Based in Boston, MA, Klaviyo provides a software-as-a-service platform globally. It offers Klaviyo, a cloud-native platform for data store, segmentation engine, campaigns and flows, and messaging infrastructure.
Klaviyo's 2024 earnings are expected to rise 33.3% year over year. KVYO, carrying a Zacks Rank #2, has witnessed a 6.3% upward revision in broker ratings over the past four weeks.
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