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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for August 6th

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 6th:

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN - Free Report) : This specialty retail giant has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings advancing 38.8% over the last 60 days.

Amazon.com, Inc. Price and Consensus

Amazon.com’s shares gained 4.8% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s gain of 2%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Amazon.com, Inc. Price

Barnes Group Inc. (B - Free Report) : This aerospace manufacturer has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings advancing 5.2% over the last 60 days.

Barnes Group, Inc. Price and Consensus

Barnes’ shares gained 8.1% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Barnes Group, Inc. Price

Roper Technologies, Inc. (ROP - Free Report) : This developer of software has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.3% over the last 60 days.

Roper Technologies, Inc. Price and Consensus

Roper Technologies’ shares gained 5.2% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Roper Technologies, Inc. Price

BioLife Solutions, Inc. (BLFS - Free Report) : This developer of medical instruments has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings jumping more than 100% over the last 60 days.

BioLife Solutions, Inc. Price and Consensus

BioLife’s shares gained 10.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

BioLife Solutions, 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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