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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.

Why This 1 Growth Stock Should Be On Your Watchlist

Growth investors build their portfolios around companies that are financially strong and have a bright future, and the Growth Style Score helps take projected and historical earnings, sales, and cash flow into account to uncover stocks that will see long-term, sustainable growth.

Planet Fitness (PLNT)

Planet Fitness, headquartered in Hampton, NH, was formed in 1992. It is one of the leading franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the United States. As of Dec. 31, 2024, the company had approximately 19.7 million members and 2,722 clubs in all 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Canada, Panama, Mexico, Australia and Spain. As of Dec. 31, 2024, about 90% of all franchise stores were owned and operated by a franchisee group.

PLNT is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock, with a Growth Style Score of B and VGM Score of B. Earnings are expected to grow 12.4% year-over-year for the current fiscal year, with sales growth of 10.2%.

Two analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0 to $2.91 per share for 2025. PLNT boasts an average earnings surprise of 6.9%.

On a historic basis, Planet Fitness has generated cash flow growth of 14.6%, and is expected to report cash flow expansion of 10% this year.

With solid fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Growth and VGM Style Scores, PLNT should be on investors' short lists.

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