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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for February 3rd

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Here are four stocks with Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, February 3rd:

Open Text Corporation (OTEX - Free Report) : This software products and services provider has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings surging 18.4% over the last 30 days.

Open Text Corporation Price and Consensus

 

Open Text’s shares gained 7.9% over the past one month, compared with the S&P 500’s gains of 1.9%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Open Text Corporation Price

 

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NVMI - Free Report) : This process control systems developer has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.4% over the last 30 days.

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. Price and Consensus

 

Nova Measuring Instruments’ shares gained 12.1% over the past one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. Price

 

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (WTM - Free Report) : This insurer has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings soaring 54.7% over the last 30 days.

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. Price and Consensus

 

White Mountains Insurance’s shares rose about 5.28% over the past one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. Price

 

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (EDN - Free Report) : This Argentina based public service company has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings climbing 29.3% over the last 30 days.

Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) Price and Consensus

 

Empresa’s shares gained around 10.9% over the past one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) Price

 

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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