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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for July 3rd

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, July 3rd:

22nd Century Group, Inc. (XXII - Free Report) : This plant biotechnology company has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 10% over the last 60 days.

22nd Century Group’s shares gained 39.8% over the last three months higher than S&P 500’s gains of 3.3%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Repligen Corporation (RGEN - Free Report) : This bioprocessing companyhas a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings advancing 1.8% over the last 60 days.

Repligen’s shares gained 22.9% over the last three months. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Cummins Inc. (CMI - Free Report) : This diesel and natural gas engines designer has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 15.1% over the last 60 days.

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Cummins’ shares gained 8.4% over the last three months. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Oracle Corporation (ORCL - Free Report) : This application, platform and infrastructure technologies marketer has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings advancing 3.8% over the last 60 days.

Oracle’s shares gained 12.3% over the last three months. 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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