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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for October 2nd

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Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, October 2nd:

Albemarle Corporation (ALB - Free Report) : This developer and manufacturer of engineered specialty chemicals has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.7% over the last 60 days.

Albemarle Corporation Price and Consensus

Albemarle’s shares gained 4.6% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s gain of 1.2%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Albemarle Corporation Price

Landstar System, Inc. (LSTR - Free Report) : This transportation management solutions provider has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings advancing 0.8% over the last 60 days.

Landstar System, Inc. Price and Consensus

LSTR’s shares gained 1.4% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Landstar System, Inc. Price

The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX - Free Report) : This publicly owned hedge fund sponsor has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 1% over the last 60 days.

The Blackstone Group L.P. Price and Consensus

Blackstone Group’s shares gained 6.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

The Blackstone Group L.P. 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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