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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for May 20th

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

Vale S.A. (VALE - Free Report) : This mining company has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 22.3% over the last 60 days.

 

VALE S.A. Price and Consensus

VALE S.A. Price and Consensus

VALE S.A. price-consensus-chart | VALE S.A. Quote

 

Vale’s shares gained 10.2% over the last one month compared to S&P 500’s decline of 0.4%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

 

Owens Corning (OC - Free Report) : This leader in building materials systems and composite solutions has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 22.8% over the last 60 days.

 

Owens Corning Price and Consensus

Owens Corning Inc Price and Consensus

Owens Corning price-consensus-chart | Owens Corning Quote

 

Owens Corning’s shares gained 9.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

 

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (OEC - Free Report) : This company that together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells carbon black products has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 7.7% over the last 60 days.

 

Orion Engineered Carbons’ shares gained 9.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

 

BRT Apartments Corp. (BRT - Free Report) : This real estate investment trust has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 8.3% over the last 60 days.

 

BRT Apartments’ shares gained 1.9% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

 

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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