Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, April 28: 

APA Corporation (APA Quick QuoteAPA - Free Report) : This energy company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 105.8% over the last 60 days. 

APA’s shares gained 48.8% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 3.0%. The company possesses a???Momentum Score??? of A. 

Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC Quick QuoteMPC - Free Report) : This energy company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 76% over the last 60 days. 

Marathon Petroleum’s shares gained 32.8% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 3.0%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A. 

Phillips 66 (PSX Quick QuotePSX - Free Report) : This integrated downstream energy company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 21.6% over the last 60 days. 

Phillips’ shares gained 16.5% over the past three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 3.0%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A. 

You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. 

Check out this week’s current list of Best Stocks to Buy Now.

Learn more about the Momentum score and how it is calculated here.