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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for August 17th

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 17th:

Tivity Health, Inc. : This company that provides fitness, nutrition, and social connection solutions has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing more than 100% over the last 60 days.

Tivity Health’s shares gained 37.7% over the last one month compared with the S&P 500’s growth of 5.2%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Kforce Inc. (KFRC - Free Report) : This professional staffing services and solutions provider has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 49.3% over the last 60 days.

Kforce’s shares gained nearly 31% over the last one month in contrast the S&P 500 declined 2%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Etsy, Inc. (ETSY - Free Report) : This online market place operator has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing nearly 100% over the last 60 days.

Etsy, Inc. Price and Consensus

Etsy, Inc. Price and Consensus

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Etsy’s shares gained 26.5% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated : This multichannel demand generation and customer engagement solutions and services provider has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 45.7% over the last 60 days.

Sykes Enterprises’ shares gained 28.5% 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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