Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for April 12th

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

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (SGH): This company that designs and manufactures electronic products has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 12.5% over the last 60 days.

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. Price and Consensus

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. Price and Consensus
SMART Global Holdings, Inc. Price and Consensus

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. price-consensus-chart | SMART Global Holdings, Inc. Quote

SMART Global’s shares gained 20.3% over the last one month compared with the S&P 500’s growth of 4.2%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. Price

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. Price
SMART Global Holdings, Inc. Price

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. price | SMART Global Holdings, Inc. Quote

Canon Inc. (CAJ): This company that manufactures and sells office multifunction devices, plain paper copying machines, laser and inkjet printers, cameras, diagnostic equipment, and lithography equipment has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 7.2% over the last 60 days.

Canon, Inc. Price and Consensus

Canon, Inc. Price and Consensus
Canon, Inc. Price and Consensus

Canon, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Canon, Inc. Quote

Canon’s shares gained 8.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Canon, Inc. Price

Canon, Inc. Price
Canon, Inc. Price

Canon, Inc. price | Canon, Inc. Quote

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (ACLS): This company that designs, manufactures, and services ion implantation and other processing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing nearly 9% over the last 60 days.

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Price and Consensus

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Price and Consensus
Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Price and Consensus

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Quote

Axcelis Technologies’ shares gained 5.7% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Price

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Price
Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Price

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. price | Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Quote

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

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