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

While you may have an investing style you rely on, finding great stocks is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores. These are complementary indicators that rate stocks based on value, growth, and/or momentum characteristics.

Why This 1 Growth Stock Should Be On Your Watchlist

For growth investors, a company's financial strength, overall health, and future outlook take precedence, so they'll want to zero in on the Growth Style Score. This Score examines things like projected and historical earnings, sales, and cash flow to find stocks that will generate sustainable growth over time.

Carvana (CVNA)

Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, Carvana Co. is a leading e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars. The company, which had filed for its IPO in 2017, has had an amazing run ever since, with revenues jumping around 16-fold between 2017 and 2024, Carvana’s end-to-end online business model that covers every aspect of used-car retailing — including sales, financing, logistics, inspection and repair centers, as well as software development — has transformed traditional used-car sales in several ways.

CVNA boasts a Growth Style Score of A and VGM Score of B, and holds a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) rating. Its bottom-line is projected to rise 166% year-over-year for 2025, while Wall Street anticipates its top line to improve by 29.6%.

Five analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for fiscal 2025, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.86 to $4.23 per share. CVNA also boasts an average earnings surprise of 137.6%.

On a historic basis, Carvana has generated cash flow growth of 28.4%, and is expected to report cash flow expansion of 243% this year.

With solid fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Growth and VGM Style Scores, CVNA should be on investors' short lists.

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