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Why National Vision (EYE) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Term

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Achieving those goals is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores, a unique set of guidelines that rates stocks based on popular investing methodologies, namely value, growth, and momentum. The Style Scores can help you narrow down which stocks are better for your portfolio and which ones can beat the market over the long-term.

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Momentum investors, who live by the saying "the trend is your friend," are most interested in taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Utilizing one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, among other factors, the Momentum Style Score can help determine favorable times to buy high-momentum stocks.

National Vision (EYE)

National Vision Holdings, Inc. is one of the leading and rapidly growing optical retailers in the United States. The company holds a solid position in the attractive value segment of the U.S. optical retail industry. National Vision completed the initial public offering of its common stock in October 2017.

EYE is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock, with a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of B. Shares are up 19.4% over the past one week and up 63% over the past four weeks. EYE has gained 16.4% in the last one-year period as well. Looking at trading volume, an average of 3,132,674.50 shares exchanged hands over the last 20 trading days.

A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2025, three analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for EYE, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.06 to $0.62 per share. EYE also boasts an average earnings surprise of 81.8%.

EYE should be on investors' short list because of its impressive earnings fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Momentum and VGM Style Scores.

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