Zacks.com featured highlights include DXP Enterprises, Ubiquiti, Sezzle and Oddity Tech

For Immediate ReleaseChicago, IL – January 2, 2025 – Stocks in this week’s article are DXP Enterprises, Inc. DXPE, Ubiquiti Inc. UI, Sezzle Inc. SEZL and Oddity Tech Ltd. ODD.4 Top-Ranked Liquid Stocks to Enhance Portfolio Returns in 2025Liquidity of a stock is an important parameter that investors should consider while adding stocks to their investment portfolio. Liquidity primarily determines a company’s capability to meet debt obligations by converting assets into liquid cash and equivalents. These stocks are always in demand owing to their potential to provide maximum returns.Investors can consider adding these four top-ranked stocks like DXP Enterprises, Inc., Ubiquiti Inc., Sezzle Inc. and Oddity Tech Ltd. to their portfolios to boost returns.However, one should be alert enough before investing in such stocks. While a high liquidity level may imply that the company is clearing its dues faster than peers, it may also indicate that it is failing to use its assets efficiently.Measures to Identify Liquid StocksCurrent Ratio: It measures current assets relative to current liabilities. The ratio gauges a company’s potential to meet short- and long-term debt obligations. A current ratio — the working capital ratio — below 1 indicates that the company has more liabilities than assets. A high current ratio does not always suggest that the company is in good financial shape. It may also indicate that the firm failed to utilize its assets significantly. Hence, a range of 1-3 is considered ideal.Quick Ratio: Unlike the current ratio, the quick ratio — the “acid-test ratio” or “quick assets ratio” — indicates a company’s ability to pay short-term obligations. It considers inventory, excluding current assets relative to current liabilities. A quick ratio of more than 1 is desirable, like the current ratio.Cash Ratio: This is the most conservative ratio among the three, considering cash and cash equivalents and invested funds relative to current liabilities. It measures a company’s ability to meet existing debt obligations using the most liquid assets. Though a cash ratio of more than 1 may suggest sound financials, a higher number may indicate inefficiency in cash utilization.A ratio greater than 1 is always desirable but may not always represent a company’s financial condition.These criteria have narrowed the universe of more than 7,700 stocks to only nine.Here are four of the nine stocks that qualified the screen:Sezzle is a fintech company that operates a digital payment platform, mainly across the United States and Canada. This platform offers customers interest-free installment plans at online stores and certain in-store locations. In the last reported quarter, revenues jumped 71.3% year over year due to an increasing subscriber base. As of Sept. 30, 2024, SEZL had 529,000 active subscribers across the Anywhere and Premium platforms.Management raised the top and bottom-line outlook for 2024 owing to strong growth and the inclusion of the newly launched banking program with WebBank. It expects total revenue growth of 55% compared with 35-40% mentioned earlier. Earnings per share are expected to be $12.05 compared with $9.25 stated earlier. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2024 earnings is pegged at $9.85 per share, up 46.8% in the past 60 days. The company has a Growth Score of B.Ubiquiti, along with its subsidiaries, offers a comprehensive portfolio of networking products and solutions for service providers and enterprises. Its service-provider product platforms offer carrier-class network infrastructure for fixed wireless broadband, wireless backhaul systems and routing. Enterprise product platforms provide wireless local area network infrastructure, video surveillance products and machine-to-machine communication components.Ubiquiti reported strong first-quarter fiscal 2025 results, with the bottom and top lines surpassing the respective Zacks Consensus Estimate. The company is benefiting from solid growth in the Enterprise Technology segment, backed by healthy demand in North America, Europe and the Middle East and Africa regions. Its strategy of consistent dividend payments while maintaining a sustainable payout ratio is positive. Solid growth in free cash flow underscores efficient resource management and implies that the company is well-positioned to invest in growth initiatives and pay off debt.The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2025 earnings is pegged at $7.30 per share, up 1.8% in the past 60 days. The company has a Growth Score of A.Oddity is a consumer tech-focused company headquartered in New York City. It helps to build digital-first brands to take on the offline beauty and wellness industries. ODD’s AI-powered online platform utilizes data science to identify consumer requirements (in terms of beauty and wellness products) and develop new solutions. The company has 50 million users.Steady momentum across both IL MAKIAGE and SpoiledChild brands is driving top-line expansion. In the last reported quarter, net revenues of $119 million increased 26% year over year. Driven by strong year-to-date performance and sustained high repeat rates, the company revised its outlook upward for 2024. ODD now expects net revenues between $642 million and $644 million for 2024 (previous projection: $633-$640 million).The Zacks Consensus Estimate for ODD’s 2024 bottom line is pegged at earnings of $1.87 per share, suggesting an improvement from $1.31 reported in the previous year. The company has a Growth Score of B and a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of 33.5%, on average.DXP Enterprises is one of the foremost products and service distributors that adds value and total cost savings solutions to industrial clients across Canada, Mexico, the United States and Dubai.The company’s performance is gaining from moderating inflationary pressure and varied spending across end markets. In the last reported quarter, revenues improved 12.8% year over year to $472.9 million.  Healthy execution of the growth strategy and synergies from acquisition are other tailwinds. In November 2024, DXPE acquired two companies — Burt Gurney & Associates and MaxVac Inc. These acquisitions were funded utilizing cash on the balance sheet. These companies offer value-added products and services to the water and vacuum pump verticals.The Zacks Consensus Estimate for DXPE’s 2024 bottom line is pegged at earnings of $4.07 per share, suggesting an improvement of 14.3% in the past 60 days. The company has a Growth Score of A.The Research Wizard is a great place to begin and easy to use. Everything is in plain language. And it's very intuitive. Start your Research Wizard trial today. And the next time you read an economic report, open up the Research Wizard, plug your finds in and see what gems come out.Click here to sign up for a free trial of the Research Wizard today.Disclosure: Officers, directors and employees of Zacks Investment Research may own or have sold short securities and/or hold long and/or short positions in options that are mentioned in this material. 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