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Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for January 25th

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Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, January 25th:

Preferred Bank PFBC: This one of the largest independent commercial banks in California has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.4% over the last 60 days.

Preferred Bank Price and Consensus

Preferred Bank Price and Consensus
Preferred Bank Price and Consensus

Preferred Bank price-consensus-chart | Preferred Bank Quote

Preferred Bank’s shares gained 9.7% over the last three month compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 4.0%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Preferred Bank Price

Preferred Bank Price
Preferred Bank Price

Preferred Bank price | Preferred Bank Quote

Community Health Systems CYH: This leading operator of general acute care hospitals and outpatient facilities in communities across the United States has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its next year earnings increasing 11.9% over the last 60 days.

Community Health Systems, Inc. Price and Consensus

Community Health Systems, Inc. Price and Consensus
Community Health Systems, Inc. Price and Consensus

Community Health Systems, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Community Health Systems, Inc. Quote

Community Health Systems’ shares gained 26.6% over the last three month compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 4.0%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Community Health Systems, Inc. Price

Community Health Systems, Inc. Price
Community Health Systems, Inc. Price

Community Health Systems, Inc. price | Community Health Systems, Inc. Quote

Horizon Bancorp IN HBNC: This bank holding company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 1% over the last 60 days.

Horizon Bancorp IN Price and Consensus

Horizon Bancorp IN Price and Consensus
Horizon Bancorp IN Price and Consensus

Horizon Bancorp IN price-consensus-chart | Horizon Bancorp IN Quote

Horizon Bancorp’s shares gained 17.5% over the last three month compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 4.0%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Horizon Bancorp IN Price

Horizon Bancorp IN Price
Horizon Bancorp IN Price

Horizon Bancorp IN price | Horizon Bancorp IN Quote

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