Facebook And 4 Stocks Expected To Grow EPS By 20% A Year

“You must have long-term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.”– Charles C. Noble

“Frustrating” is what most investors would call the stock market right now. Indexes move up for a few days, then reverse and come back down. The trading range becomes tighter and tighter, while the market resists any breakout to the upside or breakdown below.

Friday’s robust Jobs report wasn’t much of a help. If anything, it’s a harbinger of a lift-off at the mid-December Fed meeting.

Add to this the political dysfunction in Washington, D.C., unsound debt levels, a migrant crisis in Europe and the slow growth in China and you will have every reason to be anxious and frustrated.

Shift Your Focus

There is, however, a choice — be frustrated or simply shift your focus to long-term goals.

Volatility is here to stay. Thus, more than ever, it is the time to stick to high-quality stocks that are in growth mode but possess innate strengths that should help them weather a market decline.

And so, we bring you these 5 stocks to survive and prosper in the long term, regardless of the headwinds.

Our Picks

We have identified five stocks with excellent growth potential. These stocks have a favorable Zacks Rank as well

Our Growth Style Score condenses all the essential metrics from the company’s financial statements to achieve a true sense of quality and sustainability of its growth. Our research shows that stocks with Growth Style Scores of ‘A’ or ‘B’ when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy) offer the best investment opportunities in the growth investing space.

What makes these stocks even better bets is that all of them have long-term growth estimate of more than 20%.

1. Facebook, Inc. (FB – Analyst Report)

Zacks Rank #2

Growth Style Score: B

Long-term EPS Growth: 25.45%

Major Growth Drivers:

Facebook is the most popular social networking company. Its products include free Internet-based services for desktop and mobile devices, and products that help advertisers and marketers connect to their users and core audiences.