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New Strong Buy Stocks for August 5th

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Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List today:

•    Humana Inc. (HUM - Free Report) is a health services company that facilitates the delivery of health care services through networks of providers to its medical members. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings has improved by 4.8% over the last 30 days.

•    Franco-Nevada Corporation (FNV - Free Report) is a gold focused royalty and stream company with additional interests in platinum group metals and other resource assets. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings has improved by 17.4% over the last 30 days.

•    IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (IDXX - Free Report) is a world leader in providing diagnostic, detection, and information products to the animal health industry as well as quality assurance products and services to the food and water industries. It has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings climb 6.9% over the last 30 days.

•    Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA - Free Report) is involved in development, manufacture, and marketing of innovative power systems.  It has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings climb 7.2% over the last 30 days.

•    Diamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG - Free Report) is an oil and natural gas company focused on the acquisition, development, exploration and exploitation of unconventional, onshore oil and natural gas reserves. The Zacks Consensus Estimate revision for its current year earnings was a positive 23.5% over the last 30 days.

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