Berkshire Hathaway leads the top 10 S&P 500 stocks per SA’s Quant Metrics
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With Q4 now underway, investors have seen the S&P 500 (SP500) make strong gains, with Q3 marking the fifth straight quarter of earnings growth.
As a result, Seeking Alpha constructed a list of the ten best stocks that sit inside the S&P 500 (SP500) per its quant metrics that investors may look to further analyze.
Top 10 S&P 500 Stocks Per SA’s Quant Metrics
No. 10: General Motors Company (GM), quant rating 4.85.
No. 9: PayPal Holdings (PYPL), quant rating 4.86.
No. 8: Arch Capital Group (ACGL), quant rating 4.86.
No. 7: Discover Financial Services (DFS), quant rating 4.90.
No. 6: Carnival Corporation & plc (CCL), quant rating 4.90.
No. 5: The Allstate Corporation (ALL), quant rating 4.91.
No. 4: T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS), quant rating 4.91.
No. 3: American Express Company (AXP), quant rating 4.92.
No. 2: Progressive Corporation (PGR), quant rating 4.95.
No. 1: Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B), quant rating 4.95.
Year-to-date price action: GM +24.9%, PYPL +26.1%, ACGL +52.8%, DFS +21.3%, CCL -2.8%, ALL +35.6%, TMUS +28.5%, AXP +43.4%, PGR +59.6%, and BRK.B +28.2%.
For reference, Seeking Alpha’s quant ratings system grades stocks based on quantitative measures, such as profitability, momentum and valuation. Quant ratings are given on a scale of 1-5.
For investors looking to track the broader benchmark S&P 500 (SP500) here are some exchange-traded funds that may be of interest: (SPY), (VOO), (IVV), (RSP), (SSO), (UPRO), (SH), (SDS), and (SPXU).