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Zacks.com featured highlights Deutsche Bank, Juniper Networks, Astronics and Federated Hermes
Chicago, IL – June 27, 2025 – The stocks in this week's article are Deutsche Bank DB, Juniper Networks JNPR, Astronics ATRO and Federated Hermes FHI. Stocks hitting their 52-week high and delivering consistent performance offer attractive opportunities to investors while building a portfolio. This is because stocks near that level are perceived to be winners. However, stocks touching a new 52-week high are often predisposed to profit-taking, resulting in pullbacks and trend reversals. Moreover, given the high price, investors often wonder if the stock is overpriced. While the speculations are not absolutely baseless, all stocks hitting a 52-week high are not necessarily overpriced. In fact, investors might lose out on top gainers in an attempt to avoid the steep such as Deutsche Bank, Juniper Networks, Astronics and Federated Hermes are expected to maintain their momentum and keep scaling new highs. Extensive information on a stock is necessary to understand whether or not there is scope for further upside. Here, we discuss a strategy to find the right stocks. The strategy borrows from the basics of momentum investing. This technique bets on 'buy high, sell higher.' Many times, stocks that hit a 52-week high fail to scale higher despite having potential. This is because investors fear that the stocks are overvalued and expect the price to crash. In fact, overvaluation is natural for most of these stocks as investors' focus (or willingness to pay a premium) has helped them reach the level. But that does not always indicate an impending decline. Factors such as robust sales, surging profit levels, earnings growth prospects and strategic acquisitions that encourage investors to bet on these stocks could keep them motivated if there is no tangible negative. In other words, the momentum might continue. Also, when a string of positive developments dominates the market, investors find their under-reaction unwarranted, even if there are no company-specific driving forces. Here are four stocks, each sporting a Zacks Rank #1, out of the 14 that made it through the screen: Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft continues to benefit from a well-diversified and steadily expanding deposit base. Over the last three years ending 2024, deposits recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3%, reflecting stable inflows and client trust across both retail and corporate channels. As of March 31, 2025, total deposits were €665 billion, reflecting year-over-year growth. The stable deposit balance will strengthen the company's balance sheet. The bank maintains a sound liquidity position, with a liquidity coverage ratio of 134% as of March 31, 2025. Its cash, central bank, and interbank balances totaled €159 billion, compared with only €15.1 billion in short-term borrowings. DB has embarked on a digital transformation drive, focusing on cloud migration, AI, and automation to enhance operational efficiency and client services. In May 2025, Deutsche Bank reinforced its strategic partnership with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) through a new license agreement, gaining greater access to IBM's advanced software solutions, including the watsonx AI portfolio, to streamline workflows, reduce costs, and enhance client services. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for DB's 2025 earnings has moved north by 5.9% to $3.39 per share in the past 30 days. The company surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in two of the trailing four quarters while missing the same twice, the average negative surprise being 66.85%. Juniper is leveraging the 400-gig cycle to capture hyperscale switching opportunities inside the data center. The company is set to capitalize on the increasing demand for data center virtualization, cloud computing and mobile traffic packet/optical convergence. It offers suites of products such as the T4000 core router, QFX data center platform, ACX and PTX packet/optical solution, among others. Juniper is taking significant steps to enhance the adoption of its AI-Native Networking Platform through the introduction of its Blueprint for AI-Native Acceleration. This comprehensive framework is designed to simplify and accelerate the deployment and utilization of AI-driven networking solutions, benefiting enterprises across various sectors. By leveraging Juniper's AI-Native Networking Platform, organizations can expect up to an 85% reduction in operational expenses and a 90% decrease in network trouble tickets. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for JNPR's 2025 earnings has remained steady at $2.08 per share in the past 30 days. The company surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the trailing four quarters while missing the same once, the average negative surprise being 1.31%. Astronics is a manufacturer of specialized lighting and electronics for the cockpit, cabin and exteriors of military, commercial transport and private business jet aircraft. Higher commercial transport sales, primarily related to increased demand from airlines for cabin power and in-flight entertainment as well as connectivity products, backed by growing global commercial air traffic, are expected to bolster ATRO's Aerospace business segment's sales. Higher sales from military aircraft markets, backed by enhanced geopolitical tensions worldwide, are likely to aid this unit's sales growth in the near term. Expanding commercial air traffic worldwide remains a major growth catalyst for ATRO. ATRO also enjoys a solid presence in the defense industry, which provides its portfolio with a diversified cushion against any crisis. Evidently, ATRO made good progress last year in its contract for the U.S. Army Future Long Range Assault Aircraft ('FLRAA') program. With prototypes for this program expected to fly in 2026, the development stage of FLRAA is projected to generate $60-$65 million over the next couple of years for ATRO. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for ATRO's 2025 earnings has remained steady at $1.50 per share in the past 30 days. It has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 55.64%, on average. Federated Hermes is well-positioned to gain from its steady improvement in assets under management (AUM). Backed by a diverse asset mix and strategic acquisitions, the company continues to expand its market presence. Additionally, its decent liquidity position supports sustainable capital distribution activities, reinforcing shareholder value. Federated continues to strengthen its foothold in the money market business, with assets reaching a record $637.1 billion as of March 31, 2025, up 10.1% year over year. Increased money market AUM is expected to provide new fund offerings, benefiting both institutional and retail clients. Also, strategic acquisitions of money market assets depict the buoyancy of Federated in the money market business. Federated maintains a solid financial position, ensuring financial stability and flexibility. As of March 31, 2025, the company's cash and other investments totaled $541.8 million, while long-term debt remained manageable at $348.2 million. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for FHI's 2025 earnings has remained steady at $4.28 per share in the past 30 days. It has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 13.08%, on average. Get the rest of the stocks on the list and start putting this and other ideas to the test. 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These returns are from hypothetical portfolios consisting of stocks with Zacks Rank = 1 that were rebalanced monthly with zero transaction costs. These are not the returns of actual portfolios of stocks. The S&P 500 is an unmanaged index. Visit for information about the performance numbers displayed in this press release. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB) : Free Stock Analysis Report Juniper Networks, Inc. (JNPR) : Free Stock Analysis Report Astronics Corporation (ATRO) : Free Stock Analysis Report Federated Hermes, Inc. (FHI) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research
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5 Singapore Stocks at 52-Week Highs: Sell, Hold or Buy More?
You must admit it's a happy problem to have when your stock hits a 52-week high. The surge in the share price may signal that the business is improving and reporting higher profits, free cash flow, and dividends. But what should you do now? Is it better to sell the stock and to another, hold it for more upside, or to buy even more if the business continues to grow? This decision will depend on the attractiveness of the company and whether it has the potential to continue doing well in the long term. We highlight five Singapore stocks that recently hit their 52-week highs, and you can decide if you should buy more, hold, or sell them. DFI Retail Group is a pan-Asian retailer operating around 7,700 outlets and employing over 85,000 people as of 31 May 2025. The retailer's share price has shot up almost 20% year-to-date (YTD) and recently hit its 52-week high of US$2.84. DFI Retail Group released its interim management statement for the first quarter of 2025 (1Q 2025). For 1Q 2025, underlying subsidiary sales were 1% lower year on year, but underlying profit shot up 28% year on year once divestments are excluded. The group is evolving its portfolio to focus more on high-growth, high-margin businesses. To this end, it announced the sale of its Singapore Cold Storage and Giant stores back in March 2025 for S$125 million. In February, DFI Retail also completed the sale of its stake in Yonghui Superstores, netting proceeds which were used to pay down US$617 million of debt. Because of this, the retailer ended the quarter in a net cash position of US$127 million. Boustead Singapore, or BSL, is a conglomerate with four divisions – energy engineering, real estate, geospatial technology, and healthcare. Boustead's share price has risen 21.4% YTD to hit its 52-week high of S$1.25. The conglomerate reported a mixed set of earnings for its fiscal 2025 (FY2025) ending 31 March 2025. Revenue plunged 31% year on year to S$527.1 million as the group carried a much lower order book at the end of FY2024. However, gross profit improved by 3% year on year to S$233.3 million because of effective cost control. Net profit after adjusting for one-off items rose 8% year on year to S$68.6 million. In light of the improved profit, BSL declared a final dividend of S$0.04 and a special dividend of S$0.02, taking its FY2025 total dividend to S$0.075. VICOM is a leading test and inspection centre for vehicles, and the group also performs non-vehicle testing in areas such as biochemical, mechanical, and non-destructive testing. VICOM's share price has climbed steadily in recent months to hit its 52-week high of S$1.46, and is up nearly 10% YTD. The test and inspection firm reported a commendable set of earnings for 1Q 2025. Revenue jumped 19% year on year to S$33.3 million, aided by the installation of on-board units (OBUs) for the electronic road pricing 2.0. A total of 53,000 OBUs were installed in 1Q 2025 compared with 35,000 in the previous corresponding quarter. Operating profit increased by 8.7% year on year to S$9 million while net profit improved by 7.5% year on year to S$7.5 million. VICOM also churned out a positive free cash flow of S$4.5 million for the quarter. Sabana REIT owns a diversified portfolio of 18 properties in Singapore with total assets under management of around S$1 billion as of 31 December 2024. The industrial REIT's unit price shot up 11.1% YTD and hit its 52-week high of S$0.41 recently. The REIT reported a sturdy set of results for 1Q 2025 with gross revenue rising 4.6% year on year to S$29.1 million. The better results were because of higher occupancy at a multi-tenanted building, coupled with positive rental reversions across the portfolio. Net property income climbed 22% year on year to S$16 million, and distributable income per unit surged 26.5% year on year to S$0.0086. Occupancy improved slightly quarter-on-quarter to 86.4%, and the REIT continued to log a strong positive rental reversion of 15.3% for 1Q 2025. Hongkong Land Holdings, or HKL, is a property development, management, and investment group. The group's real estate footprint spans more than 830,000 square metres of property in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Shanghai. HKL's share price has risen almost 25% YTD to hit its 52-week high of US$5.54. Back in October 2024, the property group announced a strategic review to unlock value for shareholders and double its dividend by 2035. For its 1Q 2025 business update, management announced the sale of office floors and selected office space of One Exchange Square in Hong Kong for around US$810 million. This transaction means that the group has secured 30% of its target to recycle at least US$4 billion of capital by the end of 2027. In the longer term, HKL aims to recycle up to US$10 billion of capital over 10 years. The group's underlying profit for 1Q 2025 remained flat year on year and had net gearing of 16% with committed liquidity of US$3.2 billion. For Singapore, rental reversions were positive and on a committed basis, vacancy remained very low at just 0.8%. Ready to discover the next $100 billion stock? Our newest FREE report dives deep into five popular SGX companies that many say are the next big thing. Read our team's findings to guide your investment strategy. Click the link here to download now. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Telegram for the latest investing news and analyses! Disclosure: Royston Yang owns shares of VICOM and Boustead Singapore. The post 5 Singapore Stocks at 52-Week Highs: Sell, Hold or Buy More? appeared first on The Smart Investor. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
