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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for December 14th

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, December 14th:

Oxford Industries, Inc. (OXM - Free Report) : This apparel company has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 1.1% over the last 60 days.

Oxford Industries’ shares gained 11.9% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s gain of 3%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Sonoco Products Company (SON - Free Report) : This seller of industrial and consumer packaging products has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 1.8% over the last 60 days.

Sonoco Products’ shares gained 5.5% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

PVH Corp. (PVH - Free Report) : This apparel company has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 0.8% over the last 60 days.

PVH Corp. Price and Consensus

PVH Corp. Price and Consensus

PVH Corp. price-consensus-chart | PVH Corp. Quote

PVH’s shares gained 4% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Kennametal Inc. (KMT - Free Report) : This supplier of engineered components has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 14.4% over the last 60 days.

Kennametal’s shares gained 10.5% 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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