Taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals for new and old investors alike.

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.

Is This 1 Momentum Stock a Screaming Buy Right Now?

For momentum investors, upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook take precedent, so they'll want to zero in on the Momentum Style Score. This Score can pinpoint good times to build a position in a stock, using factors like one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates.

Ryanair (RYAAY)

Ryanair Holdings was incorporated in 1996 as a holding company for Ryanair Designated Activity Company. Ryanair, which commenced its flight operations in 1985, is headquartered in Swords, Ireland.

RYAAY boasts a Momentum Style Score of B and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Shares of Ryanair has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is down 2.6% over the past one week and up 7.5% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, RYAAY has gained 57.3%. As for the stock's trading volume, 1,770,035 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.

Momentum investors also pay close attention to a company's earnings. For RYAAY, three analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.45 to $4.52 per share for 2026. RYAAY boasts an average earnings surprise of 61.2%.

RYAAY 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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