15 Best-Performing Stocks in Q1: Morningstar

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Shocks from Russia's invasion of Ukraine reverberated across global markets in the first quarter, underpinning big gains for commodity-sensitive stocks and crushing companies vulnerable to higher interest rates and supply chain disruptions, according to a Morningstar blog post published Thursday. The overall stock market finished the quarter down just 5.3%, but there was lots of churn under the surface. Morningstar ranks stocks based mainly on valuations. It assigns Morningstar ratings to stocks, ranking them from 1 star, which denotes most expensive, to 5 stars, the most undervalued. Analysts found that of the 863 stocks they cover, about half experienced at least a one-star change in its rating. Fifty-five stocks became overvalued in the January-to-March period, and 114 became undervalued. See the gallery for the 15 best-performing stocks in the first quarter.