5 Stocks to Watch Next Week as AI, Retail and Travel Rally
Stocks are back in focus for growth and momentum traders as the market heads into next week. Investor’s Business Daily’s weekend screen named Ross Stores, Howmet Aerospace, Krystal Biotech, Viking Holdings, and Bloom Energy as stocks flashing bullish setups or buy signals after the market bounced. A buy signal marks a technical move where demand looks to be topping selling. Shares tend to climb as investors raise future earnings or cash flow bets. They drop when valuation fears, weak outlooks, higher costs, or market pullbacks hit those expectations. Ross Stores is still seen as the top risk-reward pick on the list, but shares aren’t cheap anymore. The off-price chain last traded at $240.13, up 0.4%, for a P/E of about 33.5. Investors are paying up for every dollar of profit. First-quarter sales at Ross jumped 21%, comps rose 17%, and EPS came in at $2.02, up 37%. The company then bumped up its full-year EPS guidance to a range of $7.50 to $7.74. Bulls point to more shoppers looking for value, keeping stores busy. Bears warn the stock may be pricing in too much good news already and could drop on weaker margins or slower comps. Traders now look to
