Here are three stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today, September 8th:

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD Quick QuoteGLDD - Free Report) : This dredging services company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 6.3% over the last 60 days.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has a PEG ratio of 0.96 compared with 4.89 for the industry. The company possesses a  Growth Score of B.

PagerDuty, Inc. (PD Quick QuotePD - Free Report) : This digital operations management company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.1% over the last 60 days.

PagerDuty has a PEG ratio of 1.00 compared with 1.95 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.

Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (MEG Quick QuoteMEG - Free Report) : This environmental services company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 106.2% over the last 60 days.

Montrose has a PEG ratio of 1.24 compared with 5.20 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.

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