Top Ranked Momentum Stocks To Buy For February 21st

Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, February 21st:

Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM): This apparel, footwear and accessories retailer has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.7% over the last 60 days.

Columbia Sportswear’s shares gained 21% over the last one month against the S&P 500’s rise of 5.8%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM), Inc. (AKAM): This provider for cloud services to deliver, secure and optimize business and content applications has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 1.2% over the last 60 days.

Akamai Technologies’ shares gained 8.5% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Scoreof B.

StealthGas Inc. (GASS): This seaborne transportation services provider has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 12.5% over the last 60 days.

StealthGas’ shares gained 18.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Scoreof B.

Motorola (NYSE:MSI) Solutions, Inc. (MSI): This mission-critical communication solutions provider to aerospace industry has a Zacks Rank #2 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 1.3% over the last 60 days.

Motorola Solutions’ shares gained 21.6% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Scoreof A.

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