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New Strong Buy Stocks for August 12th

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Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List today:

First American Financial Corporation (FAF - Free Report) : This company that provides financial services has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.2% over the last 60 days.

Rent-A-Center, Inc. : This company that leases household durable goods to customers has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.7% over the last 60 days.

Vector Group Ltd. (VGR - Free Report) : This company that manufactures and sells cigarettes has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 54.1% over the last 60 days.

Vector Group Ltd. Price and Consensus

 

Vector Group Ltd. Price and Consensus

Vector Group Ltd. price-consensus-chart | Vector Group Ltd. Quote

Xperi Corporation (XPER - Free Report) : This company that creates, develops, and licenses audio, imaging, semiconductor packaging, and interconnect technologies has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 11.4% over the last 60 days.

Xperi Corporation Price and Consensus

 

Tessera Holding Corporation Price and Consensus

Xperi Corporation price-consensus-chart | Xperi Corporation Quote

Albany International Corp. (AIN - Free Report) : This company that engages in the textile and materials processing businesses has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 1.5% over the last 60 days.

You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here

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