A handful of stocks have momentum behind them heading into their quarterly results next week. The third-quarter earnings season is on pace to surpass forecasts for growth. With roughly 64% of S & P 500 companies reporting results thus far, they've collectively posted earnings growth of more than 9%. Analysts have recently raised their profit forecasts on stocks including DuPont and Constellation Energy , which could be strong catalyst for future moves in the shares.
Pro screened for names that have earnings momentum on their side, all of which had to meet the the following criteria: Members of the S & P 500 Earnings estimates have increased 15% in the past three- and six months Average upside to analysts' price targets of 10% or more Rated buy from at at least 50% of analysts Shares of multinational chemical firm DuPont have advanced more than 8% in 2024.