5 Stocks With Strong Operating Margin Growth — UFCS WAL MLNX CRAY CLUB

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

United Fire Group (NASDAQ: UFCS) writes property, casualty, and life insurances. UFCS also gets A’s in Earnings Momentum, Analyst Earnings Revisions, and Earnings Surprises. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of UFCS stock.

Western Alliance Bancorp. (NYSE: WAL) provides a range of banking and related services to businesses, professional firms, real estate developers and investors, local nonprofit organizations, high net worth individuals, and consumers. WAL also gets A’s in Earnings Growth and Analyst Earnings Revisions. The price of WAL is up 68.2% since the first of the year. This is better than the S&P 500, which has seen a 13.6% increase over the same period. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of WAL stock.

Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ: MLNX) designs and develops semiconductor-based, high-performance interconnect products. MLNX also gets A’s in Earnings Growth, Earnings Momentum, Analyst Earnings Revisions, Earnings Surprises, and Sales Growth. Shares of the stock have risen 218.2% since January 1. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of MLNX 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, Earnings Surprises, Equity, Cash Flow, and Sales Growth. The price of CRAY is up 91.3% since the first of the year. The stock has a trailing PE Ratio of 2.7. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of CRAY stock.

Town Sports International Holdings (NASDAQ: CLUB) owns and operates fitness clubs in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. CLUB also gets A’s in Equity and Cash Flow. Since January 1, CLUB has jumped 59.5%. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of CLUB stock.

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