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Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for April 20th

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Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, April 20th:

Aravive, Inc. (ARAV - Free Report) : This clinical stage biotechnology company has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 18.6% over the last 60 days. 

Aravive’s shares gained more than 100% over the last one month above the S&P 500’s increase of 19.3%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Celyad SA (CYAD - Free Report) : This clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 14.9% over the last 60 days.

Celyad SA Price and Consensus

Celyad SA Price and Consensus

Celyad SA price-consensus-chart | Celyad SA Quote

Celyad’s shares gained 84.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (MRSN - Free Report) : This clinical stage biopharmaceutical company has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.6% over the last 60 days.

Mersana Therapeutics’ shares gained 78.5% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BCRX - Free Report) : This biotechnology company has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 9.3% over the last 60 days.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals’ shares gained 32.1% 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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