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Top Ranked Growth Stocks to Buy for April 15th

Here are four stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today, April 15th:

Medifast, Inc. (MED): This manufacturer of health and nutritional products, which carries a Zacks #1 (Strong Buy), has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 11.5% over the last 60 days.

MEDIFAST INC Price and Consensus

MEDIFAST INC Price and Consensus
MEDIFAST INC Price and Consensus

MEDIFAST INC price-consensus-chart | MEDIFAST INC Quote

Medifast has a PEG ratio 1.05, compared with 2.55 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.

MEDIFAST INC PEG Ratio (TTM)

MEDIFAST INC PEG Ratio (TTM)
MEDIFAST INC PEG Ratio (TTM)

MEDIFAST INC peg-ratio-ttm | MEDIFAST INC Quote

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW): This value-added frozen potato products provider, which carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.6% over the last 60 days.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. Price and Consensus

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. Price and Consensus
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. Price and Consensus

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. price-consensus-chart | Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. Quote

Lamb Weston has a PEG ratio 1.79, compared with 2.55 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of B.

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. peg-ratio-ttm | Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. Quote

Career Education Corporation (CECO): This colleges, institutions and universities operator, which carries a Zacks Rank #2, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.7% over the last 60 days.

Career Education Corporation Price and Consensus

Career Education Corporation Price and Consensus
Career Education Corporation Price and Consensus

Career Education Corporation price-consensus-chart | Career Education Corporation Quote

Career Education has a PEG ratio 1.25, compared with 2.48 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of A.

Career Education Corporation PEG Ratio (TTM)

Career Education Corporation PEG Ratio (TTM)
Career Education Corporation PEG Ratio (TTM)

Career Education Corporation peg-ratio-ttm | Career Education Corporation Quote

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (LOPE): This education services provider, which carries a Zacks Rank #2, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 0.6% over the last 60 days.

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Price and Consensus

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Price and Consensus
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Price and Consensus

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Quote

Grand Canyon Education has a PEG ratio 1.44, compared with 2.48 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of B.

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. PEG Ratio (TTM)

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. peg-ratio-ttm | Grand Canyon Education, Inc. Quote

See the full list of top ranked stocks here

Learn more about the Growth score and how it is calculated here.

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