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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for May 3rd

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, May 3rd:

Popular, Inc. (BPOP - Free Report) : This retail, mortgage and commercial banking products and services provider has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 9.7% over the last 60 days.

Popular's shares gained 7.8% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s gain of 1.5%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Arconic Inc. : This lightweight metals manufacturer has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 6.1% over the last 60 days.

Arconic's shares gained 11.9% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s gain of 3.6%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL - Free Report) : This manufacturer and marketer of skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 1% over the last 60 days.

Estée Lauder's shares gained 3.6% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s gain of 3.6%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST - Free Report) : This bank holding company for Business First Bank has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 1.7% over the last 60 days.

Business First's shares gained 4.4% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s gain of 3.6%. 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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