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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for August 15th

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Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 15th:

Digital Turbine, Inc. (APPS - Free Report) : This provider of media and mobile communication products and services has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 42.9% over the last 60 days.

Digital Turbine, Inc. Price and Consensus

Digital Turbine'sshares gained 20.7% over the last one month against the S&P 500’s fall of -5.4%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Digital Turbine, Inc. Price

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOSL - Free Report) : This designer and developer of power semiconductors has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.8% over the last 60 days.

Price and Consensus

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor’s shares gained 21.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited Price

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ACAD - Free Report) : This biopharmaceutical company has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 6.3% over the last 60 days.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. Price and Consensus

ACADIA’s shares gained 10.9% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals 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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