Hot or Not, Stock Market Edition: 11/07/2025

It’s practically the weekend … But there’s still some stock stuff to talk about, namely what’s not and what’s not: 

• Hot: Envista Holdings (NVST) surprises investors; so does MYR Group Inc (MYRG) (but for different reasons) 
• Not: Is Arthur J Gallagher & Co (AJG) having a meltdown? Plus, C3.ai Inc (AI) gets the cold shoulder on Wall Street and Main Street

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🔥 HOT: Envista Holdings (NVST) just surprised the dental and medical-device world with a strong Q3, grabbing headlines for beating both revenue and earnings expectations. The real crowd-pleaser? Product launches and operational gains drove margin expansion, earning bullish analyst nods. Despite a fairly flat price action lately, the underlying business is flashing signals of operational strength. Envista’s a value investor’s playground with a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), sitting pretty in the 96th percentile of the 4600 stocks we track based on our careful 115-factor review. When it comes to the Component Grades, NVST earns an A for Safety and B for Value and Growth — food for thought for investors who want gains but don’t love risk. 

🥶 NOT: Arthur J Gallagher & Co (AJG) is melting down as one of the lowest-rated insurance names with a frigid Zen Rating of D (Sell). AJG’s Zen Rating Grade just dipped to Sell territory from a Hold rating — a move anchored by a cascade of D grades in the Component Grades that shape the overall grade (Value, Sentiment, Safety), and only mediocre Cs elsewhere. While the company tried to heat things up with the $223 million Tompkins Insurance Agencies acquisition, shares are clearly not feeling the love, currently trailing all of their key moving averages. Even as Y/Y earnings and revenues technically increased, missing both Street targets takes the wind out of the sails. The Insurance industry isn’t doing AJG any favors either — it has an F rating from our quant ratings system. Within it, AJG is sitting just 15th out of 17. Recent news keeps referring to underperformance relative to peers, cementing the narrative that investor sentiment is barely above freezing. Bottom line: until AJG can reignite both financial results and investor confidence, this stock’s as chilly as they come.  

🔥 HOT:  MYR Group Inc (MYRG) just lit up Wall Street’s scoreboard with a jaw-dropping 277% earnings growth, according to top-billed bullish news coverage. As a leader in specialty electrical contracting, MYRG seems to be rewiring expectations across the Engineering & Construction sector, putting up record net income and defying doubts even as its backlog thinned. The company's latest metrics are positively glowing: a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), ranking in the top 97th percentile of stocks we track, with an absolutely electrifying A in the Growth rating. Recent price action shows MYRG leaping from a 200-day moving average of $163 to well above $230, outpacing most rivals — and a rating upgrade from Buy to Strong Buy signals the Street is catching on. With margin rebounds, consistent earnings beats, and bullish narratives amplifying its financial wattage, MYR Group is nothing short of hot right now. 

🥶 NOT:  C3.ai Inc (AI) is getting the cold shoulder on both Wall Street and Main Street. Despite trading in the darling AI sector, the company's stock is down 40% in the past year, with a Zen Rating of F, ranking in the lowest 1% of stocks we track. (If it wasn’t clear: That’s not just bad, it’s historic.) Bearish news confirms the slump, with the stock sliding 2.5% even as others rallied, spotlighting what looks like company-specific erosion. There’s buzz about a new CEO and a focus on public sector contracts, but the market isn’t impressed: upgraded management and far-off promises can’t plug the current performance leaks. The Component Grades are a parade of underachievement: Value scores an F, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, and Financials slog in at Ds, and only Safety manages a faint C. Momentum has evaporated, and recent bullish CEO headlines can’t mask the core issue: a painful revenue decline and the worst possible ranking — dead last in its industry.

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