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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for January 10th

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, January 10th:

The Simply Good Foods Company (SMPL - Free Report) : This developer of branded nutritional foods has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 12.8% over the last 60 days.

Simply Good Foods’ shares gained 6% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s gain of 3.8%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Century Communities, Inc. (CCS - Free Report) : This home building company has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 0.5% over the last 60 days.

Century’s shares gained 17.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Methanex Corporation (MEOH - Free Report) : This supplier of methanol has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 6.7% over the last 60 days.

Methanex’s shares gained 15.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

KB Home (KBH - Free Report) : This homebuilding company has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 0.6% over the last 60 days.

KB Home Price and Consensus

KB Home Price and Consensus

KB Home price-consensus-chart | KB Home Quote

KB Home’s shares gained 9.8% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

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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