Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for February 21st
Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, February 21st:
Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM): This apparel, footwear and accessories retailer has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.7% over the last 60 days.
Columbia Sportswear Company Price and Consensus
Columbia Sportswear Company price-consensus-chart | Columbia Sportswear Company Quote
Columbia Sportswear’s shares gained 21% over the last one month against the S&P 500’s rise of 5.8%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.
Columbia Sportswear Company Price
Columbia Sportswear Company price | Columbia Sportswear Company Quote
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM): This provider for cloud services to deliver, secure and optimize business and content applications has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 1.2% over the last 60 days.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. Price and Consensus
Akamai Technologies, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Akamai Technologies, Inc. Quote
Akamai Technologies’ shares gained 8.5% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Scoreof B.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. Price
Akamai Technologies, Inc. price | Akamai Technologies, Inc. Quote
StealthGas Inc. (GASS): This seaborne transportation services provider has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 12.5% over the last 60 days.
StealthGas, Inc. Price and Consensus
StealthGas, Inc. price-consensus-chart | StealthGas, Inc. Quote
StealthGas’ shares gained 18.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Scoreof B.
StealthGas, Inc. Price
StealthGas, Inc. price | StealthGas, Inc. Quote
Motorola Solutions, Inc. (MSI): This mission-critical communication solutions provider to aerospace industry has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 1.3% over the last 60 days.
Motorola Solutions, Inc. Price and Consensus
Motorola Solutions, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Motorola Solutions, Inc. Quote
Motorola Solutions’ shares gained 21.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Scoreof A.
Motorola Solutions, Inc. Price
Motorola Solutions, Inc. price | Motorola Solutions, Inc. Quote
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