5 Stocks With Great Earnings Surprises — MITT ABMD MKL CRAY UFCS

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This week, these five stocks have the best ratings in Earnings Surprises, one of the eight Fundamental Categories on Portfolio Grader.

AG Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: MITT) focuses on investing, acquiring, and managing a portfolio of residential mortgage assets, and other real estate-related securities and financial assets. MITT also gets A’s in Analyst Earnings Revisions, Equity, and Cash Flow. The current dividend yield is 2.8%.Shares of MITT are up 17.5% since the start of the year. This is better than the S&P 500’s 11.6% increase for the same period. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of MITT stock.

Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) provides medical devices in circulatory support and it offers a continuum of care in heart recovery to acute heart failure patients. ABMD also gets A’s in Analyst Earnings Revisions and Sales Growth. The price of ABMD has increased 23% since January 1. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of ABMD stock.

Markel Corp. (NYSE: MKL) markets and underwrites specialty insurance products and programs to a variety of niche markets. MKL also gets A’s in Earnings Growth, Earnings Momentum, and Analyst Earnings Revisions. The price of MKL is up 4.7% since the first of the year. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of MKL stock.

Cray (NASDAQ: CRAY) designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services high performance computing systems, commonly known as supercomputers. CRAY also gets A’s in Earnings Momentum, Analyst Earnings Revisions, Equity, Cash Flow, Operating Margin Growth, and Sales Growth. Shares of the stock have risen 79.3% since January 1. The stock’s current trailing PE Ratio is 2.5. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of CRAY stock.

United Fire Group (NASDAQ: UFCS) writes property, casualty, and life insurances. UFCS also gets A’s in Earnings Momentum, Analyst Earnings Revisions, and Operating Margin Growth. UFCS shares are up 11.4% from the beginning of the year. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of UFCS stock.

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