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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for December 20th
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Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, December 20th:
Atkore International Group Inc. (ATKR - Free Report) :This company manufactures and distributes electrical and mechanical products and has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.6% over the last 60 days.
Atkore International Group Inc. Price and Consensus
Atkore International’s shares gained 11.9% over the last one month in contrast with the S&P 500’s decrease of 5.5%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.
Etsy, Inc. (ETSY - Free Report) :This commerce platform provides services to make, sell and buy products online and offline and has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 95.3% over the last 60 days.
salesforce.com, inc. (CRM - Free Report) :This company is an enterprise cloud computing services developer and has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.9% over the last 60 days.
It's hard to believe, even for us at Zacks. But while the market gained +21.9% in 2017, our top stock-picking screens have returned +115.0%, +109.3%, +104.9%, +98.6%, and +67.1%.
And this outperformance has not just been a recent phenomenon. Over the years it has been remarkably consistent. From 2000 - 2017, the composite yearly average gain for these strategies has beaten the market more than 19X over. Maybe even more remarkable is the fact that we're willing to share their latest stocks with you without cost or obligation.
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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for December 20th
Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, December 20th:
Atkore International Group Inc. (ATKR - Free Report) : This company manufactures and distributes electrical and mechanical products and has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.6% over the last 60 days.
Atkore International Group Inc. Price and Consensus
Atkore International Group Inc. price-consensus-chart | Atkore International Group Inc. Quote
Atkore International’s shares gained 11.9% over the last one month in contrast with the S&P 500’s decrease of 5.5%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.
Atkore International Group Inc. Price
Atkore International Group Inc. price | Atkore International Group Inc. Quote
Etsy, Inc. (ETSY - Free Report) : This commerce platform provides services to make, sell and buy products online and offline and has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 95.3% over the last 60 days.
Etsy, Inc. Price and Consensus
Etsy, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Etsy, Inc. Quote
Etsy’s shares gained 16.7% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.
Etsy, Inc. Price
Etsy, Inc. price | Etsy, Inc. Quote
salesforce.com, inc. (CRM - Free Report) : This company is an enterprise cloud computing services developer and has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.9% over the last 60 days.
salesforce.com, inc. Price and Consensus
salesforce.com, inc. price-consensus-chart | salesforce.com, inc. Quote
salesforce.com’s shares gained 8.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.
salesforce.com, inc. Price
salesforce.com, inc. price | salesforce.com, inc. Quote
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And this outperformance has not just been a recent phenomenon. Over the years it has been remarkably consistent. From 2000 - 2017, the composite yearly average gain for these strategies has beaten the market more than 19X over. Maybe even more remarkable is the fact that we're willing to share their latest stocks with you without cost or obligation.
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