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Powered by its strong earnings growth and other important driving factors, this stock has surged 35.2% over the past one year period. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we believe they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results and, while any stock can decline in a broad market decline, Neogen should continue to move higher despite having already enjoyed a very nice gain in the past year.

Our quantitative rating is based on a variety of historical fundamental and pricing data and represents our opinion of a stock's risk-adjusted performance relative to other stocks.

However, the rating does not incorporate all of the factors that can alter a stock's performance. For example, it doesn't always factor in recent corporate or industry events that could affect the stock price, nor does it include recent technology developments and competitive dynamics that may affect the company.

For those reasons, we believe that a rating alone cannot tell the whole story and that it should be part of an investor's overall research.