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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for December 9th

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, December 9th:

Green Brick Partners, Inc. (GRBK - Free Report) : This homebuilding and land development company has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.8% over the last 60 days.

Green Brick Partners’ shares gained 5.3% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s gain of 1.9%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Intellicheck, Inc. (IDN - Free Report) : This technology company that develops, integrates and markets threat identification and identity authentication solutions has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 16% over the last 60 days.

Intellicheck’s shares gained 13.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (AQST - Free Report) : This specialty pharmaceutical company has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.9% over the last 60 days.

Aquestive Therapeutics’ shares gained 33.8% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc (AVDL - Free Report) : This specialty pharmaceutical company has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 10.9% over the last 60 days.

Avadel Pharmaceuticals’ shares gained 28.6% 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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