Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for May 12th

Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, May 12th:

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC): The chicken company has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.4% over the last 60 days.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Price and Consensus

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Price and Consensus | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Quote

Pilgrim's Pride’s shares gained 22.5% over the last three months higher than S&P 500’s gains of 3.3%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation Price

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Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (VAC): This leisure company has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings advancing 0.4% over the last 60 days.

Marriot Vacations Worldwide Corporation Price and Consensus

Marriot Vacations Worldwide Corporation Price and Consensus | Marriot Vacations Worldwide Corporation Quote

Marriott Vacations Worldwide’s shares gained 26.4% over the last three months. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Marriot Vacations Worldwide Corporation Price

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Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL): This tech behemoth has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.9% over the last 60 days.

Alphabet Inc. Price and Consensus

Alphabet Inc. Price and Consensus | Alphabet Inc. Quote

Alphabet’s shares gained 14.1% over the last three months. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Alphabet Inc. Price

Alphabet Inc. Price | Alphabet Inc. Quote

CommerceHub, Inc. (CHUBA): This cloud-based e-commerce service provider has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings advancing 13.3% over the last 60 days.

CommerceHub, Inc. Price and Consensus

CommerceHub, Inc. Price and Consensus | CommerceHub, Inc. Quote

CommerceHub’s shares gained 7% over the last three months. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

CommerceHub, Inc. Price

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