What Should I Look for In Growth Stocks?

by Scarlett S. Stock Market Analyst

Summary

Growth stocks are publicly listed growth-oriented companies, which are expected to perform better than the industry they are in and also their peer.

Growth investors usually invest in such stocks with the hopes of benefitting from potentially explosive returns

Some factors to help an investor identify good growth stocks include sectoral growth rate, management team, competitive edge and more

Growth stocks are stocks of companies that are expected to outperform their peers or industry with regards to stock performance and earnings.

Such type of stocks does not usually offer dividend pay-outs to their shareholders, however due to their high growth potential they have the potential to offer hefty returns.

Growth investing is when investors buy growth stocks with hopes of benefiting from their fast-paced growth causing high levels of returns on their investment.

What are growth stocks?

Since such growth-oriented companies grow at a very fast pace and tend to reinvest their profits for expansion or other such purposes, they are not for investors who buy such stock with the intention of earning dividend income from them.

However, growth stocks may also eventually evolve into a dividend paying company in the future, depending upon the company’s growth phase and management team’s goals.

Growth oriented companies vs mature companies

Growth stocks are usually young and fast growing companies, they also tend to be a riskier investment compared to more mature and stable companies. However, since larger and stable companies are considered a safer investment, they also offer lower levels of returns in comparison to growth stocks.

Growth oriented companies’ share prices also have the tendency to rise rapidly but can also move in the opposite direction due to higher volatility.

Alternatively, larger and more stable companies tend to not have as drastic share price movements as their growth counterparts.

First Published on Kalkine Media: https://kalkinemedia.com/uk/stocks/growth/what-should-i-look-for-in-growth-stocks