Top Ranked Momentum Stocks to Buy for December 11th

Here are four stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, December 11th:

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (CALM): This producer of shell eggs has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing more than 100% over the last 60 days.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Price and Consensus

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Price and Consensus

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Quote

Cal-Maine Foods’ shares gained 5.5% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s gain of 2.7%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Price

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Price

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. price | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Quote

MDC Partners Inc. (MDCA): This marketing communications firm has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 31.3% over the last 60 days.

MDC Partners Inc. Price and Consensus

MDC Partners Inc. Price and Consensus

MDC Partners Inc. price-consensus-chart | MDC Partners Inc. Quote

MDC Partners’ shares gained 7.9% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

MDC Partners Inc. Price

MDC Partners Inc. Price

MDC Partners Inc. price | MDC Partners Inc. Quote

The Mosaic Company (MOS): This producer of phosphate and potash crop nutrients has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 26.3% over the last 60 days.

Mosaic Company (The) Price and Consensus

Mosaic Company (The) Price and Consensus

Mosaic Company (The) price-consensus-chart | Mosaic Company (The) Quote

Mosaic’s shares gained 3.4% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Mosaic Company (The) Price

Mosaic Company (The) Price

Mosaic Company (The) price | Mosaic Company (The) Quote

Lazard Ltd (LAZ): This financial advisory and asset management firm has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings rising 3.8% over the last 60 days.

Lazard Ltd. Price and Consensus

Lazard Ltd. Price and Consensus

Lazard Ltd. price-consensus-chart | Lazard Ltd. Quote

Lazard’s shares gained 8.4% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Lazard Ltd. Price

Lazard Ltd. Price

Lazard Ltd. price | Lazard Ltd. Quote

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

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