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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for August 24th

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 24th:

PDL BioPharma, Inc. (PDLI - Free Report) : This biopharmaceutical company has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising more than 100% over the last 60 days.

PDL BioPharma’s shares gained 17.3% over the last one month in contrast to S&P 500’s loss of 1.2%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Ferroglobe PLC (GSM - Free Report) : This major producer of silicon metalhas a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing more than 100% over the last 60 days.

Ferroglobe PLC Price and Consensus

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Ferroglobe’s shares gained 11.1% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Ohr Pharmaceutical, Inc. : This pharmaceutical companyhas a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 26% over the last 60 days.

Ohr Pharmaceutical’s shares gained 9.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP - Free Report) : This wood products provider has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 7.9% over the last 60 days.

Koppers Holdings’ shares gained 2.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

See the full list of top ranked stocks here

Learn more about the Momentum score and how it is calculated here.

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