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Here are four stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today, May 2nd:
Banco Macro S.A. (BMA - Free Report) : This banking products and services provider, which carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 18.1% over the last 60 days.
Tivity Health, Inc. : This fitness and health improvement programs provider, which carries a Zacks Rank #1, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 7.8% over the last 60 days.
TopBuild Corp. (BLD - Free Report) : This company that engages in the installation and distribution of insulation and other building products, which carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 0.9% over the last 60 days.
Centene Corporation (CNC - Free Report) : This diversified and multi-national healthcare enterprise, which carries a Zacks Rank #2, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.1% over the last 60 days.
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Top Ranked Growth Stocks to Buy for May 2nd
Here are four stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today, May 2nd:
Banco Macro S.A. (BMA - Free Report) : This banking products and services provider, which carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 18.1% over the last 60 days.
Macro Bank Inc. Price and Consensus
Macro Bank Inc. price-consensus-chart | Macro Bank Inc. Quote
Banco Macro has a PEG ratio of 0.31, compared with 1.55 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of B.
Macro Bank Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)
Macro Bank Inc. peg-ratio-ttm | Macro Bank Inc. Quote
Tivity Health, Inc. : This fitness and health improvement programs provider, which carries a Zacks Rank #1, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 7.8% over the last 60 days.
Healthways, Inc. Price and Consensus
Healthways, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Healthways, Inc. Quote
Tivity Health has a PEG ratio of 0.85, compared with 3.46 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.
Healthways, Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)
Healthways, Inc. peg-ratio-ttm | Healthways, Inc. Quote
TopBuild Corp. (BLD - Free Report) : This company that engages in the installation and distribution of insulation and other building products, which carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 0.9% over the last 60 days.
TopBuild Corp. Price and Consensus
TopBuild Corp. price-consensus-chart | TopBuild Corp. Quote
TopBuild has a PEG ratio of 0.63, compared with 0.98 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.
TopBuild Corp. PEG Ratio (TTM)
TopBuild Corp. peg-ratio-ttm | TopBuild Corp. Quote
Centene Corporation (CNC - Free Report) : This diversified and multi-national healthcare enterprise, which carries a Zacks Rank #2, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.1% over the last 60 days.
Centene Corporation Price and Consensus
Centene Corporation price-consensus-chart | Centene Corporation Quote
Centene has a PEG ratio of 0.87, compared with 1.14 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.
Centene Corporation PEG Ratio (TTM)
Centene Corporation peg-ratio-ttm | Centene Corporation Quote
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Zacks' Top 10 Stocks for 2019
In addition to the stocks discussed above, would you like to know about our 10 finest buy-and-holds for the year?
Who wouldn't? Our annual Top 10s have beaten the market with amazing regularity. In 2018, while the market dropped -5.2%, the portfolio scored well into double-digits overall with individual stocks rising as high as +61.5%. And from 2012-2017, while the market boomed +126.3, Zacks' Top 10s reached an even more sensational +181.9%.
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