Validea Joel Greenblatt Strategy Daily Upgrade Report - 8/16/2025
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Aug 16 2025
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Source: NASDAQ.COM
GLOBANT SA Stock Upgrade: GLOBANT SA, a mid-cap growth stock in the Software & Programming industry, received an upgrade from 80% to 90% in Validea's Earnings Yield Investor model based on Joel Greenblatt's strategy, indicating strong interest due to its fundamentals and valuation.
About Joel Greenblatt and Validea: Joel Greenblatt is known for his "Magic Formula" investment strategy that significantly outperformed the market, while Validea provides investment research based on strategies from renowned investors like Greenblatt, Buffett, and Graham.
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Analyst Views on GLOB
Wall Street analysts forecast GLOB stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for GLOB is 76.36 USD with a low forecast of 61.00 USD and a high forecast of 100.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
13 Analyst Rating
5 Buy
8 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 66.220
Low
61.00
Averages
76.36
High
100.00
Current: 66.220
Low
61.00
Averages
76.36
High
100.00
About GLOB
Globant S.A. is a digitally native technology services company. The Company’s principal operating subsidiary is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. During the year ended December 31, 2015, 83.7% of its revenues were generated by clients in North America, 11.0% in Latin America and Asia, and 5.3% in Europe. It builds digital journeys, which consists of different software products, including mobile apps, Web apps, sensors and other software and hardware appliances that work orchestrated by a backend that uses big data and fast data to create a understanding of each consumer and how to act upon each scenario. The Company delivers digital journeys with a comprehensive approach that includes Stay Relevant, which helps its customers stay fit for the future of their industries; Discover, which think and conceive specific digital journeys for each customer; Build, which creates each digital journey leveraging the work of its Studios, its services over platforms and its agile pods methodologies.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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