9 Large Cap Consumer Stocks Given 'Buy' Ratings For Posting Strong Profits

Do you prefer to invest in companies that have received a vote of confidence from industry analysts? For a closer look at companies that have achieved favorable analyst ratings, we ran a screen.Return on Assets [ROA] illustrates how much a company is generating in earnings from its assets alone. This metric gives investors a picture of how profitable the company is relative to the assets in current possession. As well, it lets investors see how efficient and effective management is at generating earnings from the company's assets. While most management teams can probably make money by throwing money at an issue very few can make very large profits with little investment.The Net Margin is a profitability metric that illustrates, by percentage, how much of every dollar earned gets turned into a bottom line profit. This is just one of many profitability metrics used by investors and analysts to
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