Marriott International (MAR) shares have been unstoppable, up 9% in 2024 alone. One look at this money flow chart easily reveals why.
Institutional volumes reveal plenty. Over the past year, MAR’s stock has jumped as volumes picked up. That’s indicative of healthy institutional support.
Each green bar signals unusually large volumes in MAR shares, pushing the stock higher:
Plenty of discretionary names are under accumulation right now. But there’s a powerful fundamental backdrop going on with Marriott.
Institutional support coupled with a healthy fundamental backdrop makes this company interesting. As you can see, MAR has had positive sales & negative EPS growth in recent years:
Source: FactSet
BUT EPS is estimated to ramp higher this year by +10.5%.
Now it makes sense why the stock has been powering higher. Marriott is set to see its earnings rip higher.
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Marriott has been a top-rated stock at MAPsignals. That means the stock has unusual buy pressure and growing fundamentals. We have a ranking process that showcases stocks like this on a weekly basis.
It’s made the rare Top 20 report many times. The blue bars below shows when MAR was a top pick:
Tracking unusual volumes reveals the power of money flows.
This is a trait that most outlier stocks exhibit.
The MAR rally began many months ago. Big Money buying in the shares is signaling to take notice. Given the historical gains in share price and strong fundamentals, this stock could be worth a spot in a diversified portfolio.
Disclosure: the author holds no position in MAR at the time of publication.
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Lucas is a well-versed equity investor and educator. He currently is co-founder of research and analytics firm, MAPsignals.com, which focuses on finding outlier stocks by following the Big Money.