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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for March 17th

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, March 17th:

Rent-A-Center, Inc. : This company that leases household durable goods to customers on a lease-to-own basis has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 42.5% over the last 60 days.

 

Rent-A-Center’s shares gained 22.4% over the last one month compared to S&P 500’s rise of 0.8%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

 

Chevron Corporation (CVX - Free Report) : This company that engages in integrated energy, chemicals and petroleum operations has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 51.1% over the last 60 days.

 

Chevron’s shares gained 12.2% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

 

Matson, Inc. (MATX - Free Report) : This company that provides ocean transportation and logistics services has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 32.6% over the last 60 days.

 

Matson, Inc. Price and Consensus

Matson, Inc. Price and Consensus

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Matson’s shares gained 3.9% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

 

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR - Free Report) : This company that operates as an automated electronic broker has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 33.2% over the last 60 days.

 

Interactive Brokers’ shares gained 3.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

 

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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