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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for December 21st

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Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, December 21st:

Rio Tinto Group (RIO - Free Report) : This company that is engaged in finding, mining, and processing mineral resources has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.1% over the last 60 days.

Rio Tinto PLC Price and Consensus

Rio Tinto's shares gained 20.6% over the last one month compared to S&P 500’s rise of +4.3%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Rio Tinto PLC Price

Cantel Medical Corp. : This provider of infection prevention and control products and services has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 49.4% over the last 60 days.

Cantel Medical Corp. Price and Consensus

Cantel Medical's shares gained 36.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Cantel Medical Corp. Price

Evercore Inc. (EVR - Free Report) : This independent investment banking advisory firm has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 46.4% over the last 60 days.

Evercore Inc Price and Consensus

Evercore's shares gained 22.4% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Evercore Inc 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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