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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for October 15th

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

Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD - Free Report) : This mining company has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 7.4% over the last 60 days.

Royal Gold’s shares gained 2.8% over the last one month in contrast the S&P 500 declined 1.1%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (SKX - Free Report) : This shoe manufacturing company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 1.8% over the last 60 days.

Skechers U.S.A.’s shares gained 1.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Aaron's, Inc. (AAN - Free Report) : This furniture company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing nearly 0.3% over the last 60 days.

Aaron's shares gained 14.4% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Cohen & Steers, Inc. (CNS - Free Report) : This asset management company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.9% over the last 60 days.

Cohen & Steers’ shares gained 6.1% over the last one month. 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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