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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for October 19th

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, October 19th:

Deckers Outdoor Corporation (DECK - Free Report) : This apparel and footwear company has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 0.2% over the last 60 days.

Deckers Outdoor’s shares gained 4.9% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s gain of 2.3%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

La Quinta Holdings Inc. : This franchisor of select-service hotelshas a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 2.6% over the last 60 days.

La Quinta Holdings’ shares gained 8.4% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Littelfuse, Inc. (LFUS - Free Report) : This manufacturer of circuit protection deviceshas a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 0.7% over the last 60 days.

Littelfuse’s shares gained 11.3% over the last one month more. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

AdvanSix Inc. (ASIX - Free Report) : This manufacturer of polymer resins has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 12.2% over the last 60 days.

AdvanSix’s shares gained 18.8% 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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