Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for August 14th

Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 14:

Western Digital Corporation WDC: This data storage solutions company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 11.5% over the last 60 days.

Western Digital Corporation Price and Consensus

Western Digital Corporation price-consensus-chart | Western Digital Corporation Quote

Western Digital's shares gained 73.1% over the last six months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 14.4%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Western Digital Corporation Price

Western Digital Corporation price | Western Digital Corporation Quote

Citizens Financial Services, Inc. CZFS: This bank holding company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 6% over the last 60 days.

Citizens Financial Services Inc. Price and Consensus

Citizens Financial Services Inc. price-consensus-chart | Citizens Financial Services Inc. Quote

Citizens’ shares gained 30.4% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 5.2%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Citizens Financial Services Inc. Price

Citizens Financial Services Inc. price | Citizens Financial Services Inc. Quote

See the full list of top ranked stocks here

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

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