Stock picks: Mainfreight pips the 'big three' on growth prospects

Stock picks: Mainfreight pips the 'big three' on growth prospects
Mainfreight picked to deliver consistent and predictable growth. (Image: Supplied)
Brent Melville
Forsyth Barr continues to talk up Mainfreight as the leading growth play of New Zealand’s three heavyweight contenders.While each of the trifecta – Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Mainfreight and Ebos – have their respective investment merits, the freight and logistics multinational comes out tops as a growth prospect, largely on its track record of driving its own expansion internally.In a broker note on the growth and performance of quality growth stocks, analysts Matt Montgomerie and Andy Bowley selected F&P Healthcare...

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