Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for April 24th

Written By Michael Gary Scott

Here are two stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, April 24:

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation KALU: This semi-fabricated specialty aluminum mill products company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.1% over the last 60 days.

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Price and Consensus

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Price and Consensus

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation price-consensus-chart | Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Quote

Kaiser’s shares gained 33.5% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 2.3%. The company possesses a Momentum Score  of A.

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Price

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Price

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation price | Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Quote

Valmont Industries, Inc. VMI: This manufacturer of infrastructure structures, coatings, and irrigation systems for global agriculture and utilities markets has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.3% over the last 60 days.

Valmont Industries, Inc. Price and Consensus

Valmont Industries, Inc. Price and Consensus

Valmont Industries, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Valmont Industries, Inc. Quote

Valmont’s shares gained 11% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 2.3%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Valmont Industries, Inc. Price

Valmont Industries, Inc. Price

Valmont Industries, Inc. price | Valmont Industries, Inc. Quote

 

You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

 

Check out this week’s current list of Best Stocks to Buy Now.

 

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

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