Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for August 7th

Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 7th:

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (CORT): This pharmaceutical company has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 38.5% over the last 60 days.

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated Price and Consensus

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Corcept Therapeutics' shares gained 20.5% over the last one month higher than S&P 500’s gains of 2.8%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated Price

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Changyou.com Limited (CYOU): This operator of online gameshas a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 15.9% over the last 60 days.

Changyou.com Limited Price and Consensus

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Changyou.com 's shares gained 13.2% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Changyou.com Limited Price

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Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD): This healthcare company has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 8.5% over the last 60 days.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. Price and Consensus

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Gilead Sciences' shares gained 5.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. Price

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Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (BZH): This homebuilding company has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.2% over the last 60 days.

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Price and Consensus

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Price and Consensus | Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Quote

Beazer Homes USA's shares gained 16.7% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Price

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