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The following are the top rated Information Technology stocks according to Validea's Growth Investor model based on the published strategy of Martin Zweig. This strategy looks for growth stocks with persistent accelerating earnings and sales growth, reasonable valuations and low debt.

GEN DIGITAL INC (GEN) is a large-cap growth stock in the Software & Programming industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Martin Zweig is 69% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Gen Digital Inc. is a global company. The Company offers a range of Cyber Safety brands, including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner. Its Cyber Safety portfolio provides protection across three categories in multiple channels and geographies, including security and performance, identity protection, and online privacy. It also offers solutions in digital identity and access management, digital reputation, and restoration support services. It provides real-time protection for PCs, Macs and mobile devices against malware, viruses, adware, ransomware and other online threats. These offerings monitor and block unauthorized traffic from the Internet to the device to help protect private and sensitive information when customers are online. Its Norton and LifeLock identity theft protection solution includes monitoring, alerts and restoration services to help safeguard its customers personal information. Its VPN solutions provides an encrypted data tunnel.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

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GEN Guru Analysis

GEN Fundamental Analysis

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO (HPE) is a large-cap value stock in the Computer Hardware industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Martin Zweig is 69% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is the global edge-to-cloud company. It delivers open and intelligent technology solutions as a service. Its offering includes cloud services, compute, high performance computing & artificial intelligence, intelligent edge, software, and storage. Its segments include Server, Hybrid Cloud, Intelligent Edge, Financial Services, and Corporate Investments and Other. Its Server segment offerings consist of general-purpose servers for multi-workload computing, workload-optimized servers, and integrated systems. Its Hybrid Cloud segment offers a range of cloud-native and hybrid solutions across storage, private cloud and the infrastructure software-as-a-service space. Its Intelligent Edge segment offers wired and wireless local area networks, campus, branch, and data center switching, and others. Its Financial Services segment provides flexible investment solutions, such as leasing, financing, IT consumption, utility programs, and asset management services.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

Detailed Analysis of HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO

HPE Guru Analysis

HPE Fundamental Analysis

APPFOLIO INC (APPF) is a mid-cap growth stock in the Software & Programming industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Martin Zweig is 69% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: AppFolio, Inc. is a technology company focusing on the real estate industry. It provides a cloud-based platform on which its customers operate their businesses. It also provides key functionality related to critical transactions across the real estate lifecycle, including screening potential residents, sending and receiving payments, and providing insurance-related risk mitigation services. Its platform is AppFolio Realm, a suite of AI-powered tools that assist with leasing, maintenance, accounting, and other business-critical tasks. AppFolio Realm includes generative AI to answer questions, perform tasks and automate common workflows. The platform also includes Stack, its partner ecosystem that allows customers to connect its platform with specialized technology and services offered by third parties. Its platform is offered as a service and made available via three subscription plans: AppFolio Property Manager Core, AppFolio Property Manager Plus, and AppFolio Property Manager Max.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

Detailed Analysis of APPFOLIO INC

APPF Guru Analysis

APPF Fundamental Analysis

SHOPIFY INC (US) (SHOP) is a large-cap growth stock in the Business Services industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Martin Zweig is 69% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Shopify Inc. (Shopify) is a Canada-based global commerce company. The Company provides essential Internet infrastructure for commerce, offering tools to start, grow, market and manage a retail business of any size. It provides platforms and services that are engineered and delivers a shopping experience for consumers online, in store and everywhere in between. Its software enables merchants to run their business across all of their sales channels, including Web and mobile storefronts, physical retail locations, social media storefronts, and marketplaces. The Company's Shopify platform provides merchants with a single view of their business across all of their sales channels and enables them to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, fulfill and ship orders, build customer relationships, source products, leverage analytics and reporting, and access financing, all from one integrated back office. The Shopify's platform operates across 175 countries.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

Detailed Analysis of SHOPIFY INC (US)

SHOP Guru Analysis

SHOP Fundamental Analysis

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC (SSNC) is a large-cap growth stock in the Computer Services industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Martin Zweig is 69% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. is a global provider of services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Its portfolio of products and software-enabled services allows its financial services clients to automate and integrate front-office functions such as trading and modeling, middle-office functions, such as portfolio management and reporting and back-office functions, such as accounting, performance measurement, reconciliation, reporting, processing and clearing. The Company provides its solutions within the institutional asset and wealth management, alternative investment management, brokerage, retirement, financial advisory and financial institutions vertical markets. It provides solutions to the healthcare industry, including pharmacy, healthcare administration and health outcomes optimization solutions. Its healthcare solutions include claims adjudication, benefit management, care management and business intelligence services.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

Detailed Analysis of SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC

SSNC Guru Analysis

Martin Zweig Portfolio

About Martin Zweig: During the 15 years that it was monitored, Zweig's stock recommendation newsletter returned an average of 15.9 percent per year, during which time it was ranked number one based on risk-adjusted returns by Hulbert Financial Digest. Zweig has managed both mutual and hedge funds during his career, and he's put the fortune he's compiled to some interesting uses. He has owned what Forbes reported was the most expensive apartment in New York, a $70 million penthouse that sits atop Manhattan's Pierre Hotel, and he is a collector of all sorts of pop culture and historical memorabilia -- among his purchases are the gun used by Clint Eastwood in "Dirty Harry", a stock certificate signed by Commodore Vanderbilt, and even two old-fashioned gas pumps similar to those he'd seen at a nearby gas station while growing up in Cleveland, according to published reports.

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