STOCK #1:
EMCOR (EME)

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You'll find the rating is VERY BULLISH due to very attractive financial metrics, earnings performance, and positive expert activity.

EMCOR (EME) provides construction and facilities, building and industrial services in both the U.S. and the U.K. At its core they are a specialty contractor. It bills itself as "a leader in mechanical and electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and building services."

As all the AI-craving big tech firms continue to push the envelope, they need more powerful data centers. EMCOR builds the needed infrastructure for all the glamourous big tech companies.

This is a massive long-term opportunity because EMCOR doesn't care about the AI chip sales or which tech company the public prefers. The only thing that matters to EMCOR is that this revolution continues.

EMCOR is also on the leading edge of the health care industry. The company builds state-of-the-art health care facilities, while also being important to the electric-vehicle ("EV") industry by working on plants that produce EVs, large-scale megawatt-intensive charging stations, as well as the vehicles' batteries.

EMCOR's workforce and innovations put the company at the "top of the industry."

With the technology sector booming, the infrastructure to support this has to make sure that big tech has all the space it needs to work its magic.

The company's 5-year revenue has increased by more than 11% year over year since 2021. Along with strong revenues, the company's expert activity has been very positive. Analysts have continued to raise their earnings estimates for EMCOR.

EMCOR is another recent example of a classic "Chaikin Bull"... It has a "very bullish" Power Gauge rating, is outperforming the market, and there was persistent buying in the stock.

STOCK #2:
3M Company (MMM)

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And you'll see the rating is listed as NEUTRAL.

3M produces more than 50,0000 products across 23 business divisions. These products touch the industrial, consumer, technology, health care, and transportation sectors.

3M has an employee base of nearly 100,000 employees and conducts research and development in 55 different countries. Notably, the company has also been awarded approximately 122,416 patents.

However, in the past few years, the company has been battling two major lawsuits. One of which, multiple cities claimed their drinking water was contaminated with chemicals that 3M has been using since the 1940s. 3M will have to pay up to $12.5 billion in settlements for the polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Next, the company is also facing a lawsuit regarding earplugs that were sold to the U.S. military that service members filed due to alleged hearing loss. As of 2023, 3M agreed to pay $6 billion in settlements over the next five years.

With these two lawsuits, the company has suffered a negative yearly earnings trend since 2022. However, investors have clarity on how much the company is paying out moving forward.

That's why the Chaikin Power Gauge is so useful...

While the Experts category is showing very bearish, you can see from the long-term trend that 3M is very bullish in the Technicals section. This is highly attributed to 3M experiencing high strength vs. its long-term price trend and a positive momentum trend.

Further, the company is priced relatively low in comparison to next year's projected earnings per share.

Bottom line: 3M is holding too much long-term debt. However, investors are starting to buy again after the uncertainty of the company has passed. This can be good in the long term.

But the Power Gauge urges us to be careful. So keep 3M on your watch list for now.

STOCK #3:
Akamai Technologies (AKAM)

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And you'll see the rating is listed as BEARISH.

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) provides cloud computing, security, and content delivery solutions throughout the United States and internationally. It is a global service provider enabling faster content streaming and business processes over the internet.

The company offers its services to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces, and users safe from various cyberattacks and online threats while enhancing performance.

Today, AKAM has been relatively weak compared with the market for much of 2024... and the Chaikin Power Gauge sees more downside ahead.

The company has had stable 5-year earnings and is priced relatively low compared with next year's projected earnings per share.

However, its financial metrics are weak... It carries too much long-term debt and looks overvalued. Wall Street analysts are also beginning to trim their ratings for the stock.

So, it's no surprise that according to the Power Gauge, AKAM could soon be rated a "Sell" at every major bank and hedge fund... which means that this company could end up as one of the biggest losers in the coming months.

If you own AKAM, get out immediately.

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