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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 21st:
Issuer Direct Corporation : This shareholder communications and compliance platforms, technologies, and services provider has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 52.1% over the last 60 days.
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, Incorporated Price and Consensus
Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA - Free Report) : This company that provides workforce solutions to various industries has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing more than 100% over the last 60 days.
Harmonic Inc. (HLIT - Free Report) : This company that designs, manufactures, and sells video infrastructure products and system solutions has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 69.6% over the last 60 days.
It could become the mother of all technological revolutions. Apple sold a mere 1 billion iPhones in 10 years but a new breakthrough is expected to generate more than 27 billion devices in just 3 years, creating a $1.7 trillion market.
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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for August 21st
Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 21st:
Issuer Direct Corporation : This shareholder communications and compliance platforms, technologies, and services provider has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 52.1% over the last 60 days.
Issuer Direct Corporation Price and Consensus
Issuer Direct Corporation price-consensus-chart | Issuer Direct Corporation Quote
Issuer Direct’s shares gained 46.7% over the last one month compared with the S&P 500’s growth of 4.1%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.
Issuer Direct Corporation Price
Issuer Direct Corporation price | Issuer Direct Corporation Quote
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, Incorporated Price and Consensus
Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated price-consensus-chart | Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated Quote
Sykes’ shares gained 24.8% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.
Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated Price
Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated price | Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated Quote
Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA - Free Report) : This company that provides workforce solutions to various industries has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing more than 100% over the last 60 days.
Kelly Services, Inc. Price and Consensus
Kelly Services, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Kelly Services, Inc. Quote
Kelly Services’ shares gained 22.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.
Kelly Services, Inc. Price
Kelly Services, Inc. price | Kelly Services, Inc. Quote
Harmonic Inc. (HLIT - Free Report) : This company that designs, manufactures, and sells video infrastructure products and system solutions has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 69.6% over the last 60 days.
Harmonic Inc. Price and Consensus
Harmonic Inc. price-consensus-chart | Harmonic Inc. Quote
Harmonic’s shares gained 22.9% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.
Harmonic Inc. Price
Harmonic Inc. price | Harmonic Inc. Quote
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