RGEN - Watch these most and least crowded stocks for big post-earnings moves

As Q1 earnings season approaches, the consensus is for 28% bottom-line growth, which would be the best showing since Q3 2018.In the last quarter, "the immediate market reactions were mixed for positive surprises, while negative surprises were punished," Citi analysts write in a note.For Q1, they say their model forecasts Technology (XLK), Healthcare (XLV) and cyclical sectors to post more positive surprises, "which is consistent with our positive view for Value as macro influences start to wane."The analysts overlayed earnings surprise forecasts with its measure of how crowded the trade in a stock is, coming up with list of 10 equities with greater upside potential and 10 with downside if, indeed, a surprise should occur.The least crowded companies with forecasted positive earnings surprises/returns with Buy ratingsC.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), crowding score 0.021Clorox (CLX), crowding score 0.023Gilead Sciences (GILD), crowding score 0.025Dish Network (DISH), crowding score 0.060Qiagen (QGEN), crowding score 0.075Huntington

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Watch these most and least crowded stocks for big post-earnings moves