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Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for March 17th

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

Alcoa Corporation (AA - Free Report) : This industry leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminum products has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 61.6% over the last 60 days.

Alcoa Price and Consensus

Alcoa’ shares gained 40.8% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 5.9%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Alcoa Price

 

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc. (FMAO - Free Report) : This holding company for The Farmers & Merchants Bank has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 9.7% over the last 60 days.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp Inc. Price and Consensus

Farmers & Merchants’ shares gained 10.6% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 5.9%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp Inc. Price

 

International Money Express, Inc. (IMXI - Free Report) : This money remittance services company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 14.2% over the last 60 days.

INTERNATIONAL MONEY EXPRESS, INC. Price and Consensus

International Money’s shares gained 28.6% over the last three months compared with the  S&P 500’s decline of 5.9%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

INTERNATIONAL MONEY EXPRESS, INC. Price

 

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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