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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for June 18th

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Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, June 18th:

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (AWI - Free Report) : This designer and manufacturer of ceiling systems has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.9% over the last 60 days.

AngloGold Ashanti Limited Price and Consensus

Armstrong World’s shares gained 5.1% over the last one month against the S&P 500’s rise of 0.9%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

AngloGold Ashanti Limited Price

AngloGold Ashanti Limited (AU - Free Report) : This gold mining company has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2% over the last 60 days.

AngloGold Ashanti Limited Price and Consensus

AngloGold’s shares gained 33.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

AngloGold Ashanti Limited Price

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD - Free Report) : This provider of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases and equipment has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 0.5% over the last 60 days.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Price and Consensus

Air Products’ shares gained 4.8% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Air Products and Chemicals, 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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