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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for December 20th

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Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, December 20th:

Atkore International Group Inc. (ATKR - Free Report) : This company manufactures and distributes electrical and mechanical products and has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.6% over the last 60 days.

Atkore International’s shares gained 11.9% over the last one month in contrast with the S&P 500’s decrease of 5.5%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Etsy, Inc. (ETSY - Free Report) : This commerce platform provides services to make, sell and buy products online and offline and has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 95.3% over the last 60 days.

Etsy, Inc. Price and Consensus

Etsy, Inc. Price and Consensus

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Etsy’s shares gained 16.7% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

salesforce.com, inc. (CRM - Free Report) : This company is an enterprise cloud computing services developer and has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.9% over the last 60 days.

salesforce.com’s shares gained 8.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

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