Yahoo Finance Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for February 25th
Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, February 25th:
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL): This provider of life insurance products and services has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 21.2% over the last 60 days.
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company Price and Consensus
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company price-consensus-chart | American Equity Investment Life Holding Company Quote
American Equity Investment's shares gained 14.6% over the last one month compared to S&P 500’s fall of 0.5%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company Price
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BlackRock, Inc. (BLK): This provider of investment management services has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.8% over the last 60 days.
BlackRock, Inc. Price and Consensus
BlackRock, Inc. price-consensus-chart | BlackRock, Inc. Quote
BlackRock’s shares gained 0.8% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.
BlackRock, Inc. Price
BlackRock, Inc. price | BlackRock, Inc. Quote
Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT): This provider of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 9.8% over the last 60 days.
Applied Materials, Inc. Price and Consensus
Applied Materials, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Applied Materials, Inc. Quote
Applied Materials’ shares gained 3.4% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.
Applied Materials, Inc. Price
Applied Materials, Inc. price | Applied Materials, Inc. Quote
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