Stamps.com, American Software, Rambus, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance and Vuzix Corp

March 8, 2021 Beth McCandry

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Chicago, IL – March 5, 2021 – This week’s article stocks Stamps.com Inc. STMP, American Software, Inc. AMSWA, Rambus Inc. RMBS, Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. ARI, and Vuzix Corp. VUZI.

New analyst coverage puts these 5 stocks in the spotlight

New analyst reports reveal extensive data on stocks for investors. Because analysts are familiar with critical information that is critical to making investment decisions, they rely heavily on them as a lack of information can lead to misinterpretation (over- or undervalued).

Analysts don’t add a random stock to their reporting. New coverage of a stock is usually the result of a great deal of investor focus on that stock or its promising outlook.

Interestingly, with new analyst coverage, stocks tend to see a gradual upward movement compared to what they see with continued analyst coverage. Of course, the price movement depends on the recommendations of the new analysts. Positive recommendations – buy and strong buy – result in a significant positive incremental price reaction than strong sell, sell or hold recommendations.

When an analyst makes a new recommendation on a company that has limited or no analyst coverage, investors pay more attention to the company. In addition, new information attracts portfolio managers to build a position in the stock.

However, it is preferable to look for the average change in broker recommendation rather than a single change in recommendation. On the other hand, an upgrade, initiation or even increased coverage is just as important.

With that in mind, it’s a good strategy to focus on the number of analyst recommendations that have increased over the past few weeks.

Below we have selected five stocks that have seen increased analyst reporting over the past few weeks.

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