Best Growth Stocks to Buy for February 19th

Here are three stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today, February 19:

Carnival Corporation & plc CCL: This cruise company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.8% over the last 60 days.

Carnival Corporation Price and Consensus

Carnival Corporation price-consensus-chart | Carnival Corporation Quote

Carnival has a PEG ratio of 1.19 compared with 2.25 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of B.

Carnival Corporation PEG Ratio (TTM)

Carnival Corporation peg-ratio-ttm | Carnival Corporation Quote

Sanmina Corporation SANM: This integrated manufacturing solutions and components, products and repair company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.4% over the last 60 days.

Sanmina Corporation Price and Consensus

Sanmina Corporation price-consensus-chart | Sanmina Corporation Quote

Sanmina has a PEG ratio of 0.56 compared with 1.38 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Scoreof A.

Sanmina Corporation PEG Ratio (TTM)

Sanmina Corporation peg-ratio-ttm | Sanmina Corporation Quote

Western Digital Corporation WDC: This data storage devices and solutions company carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing nearly 17% over the last 60 days.

Western Digital Corporation Price and Consensus

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

Western Digital has a PEG ratio of 0.62 compared with 1.34 for the industry. The company possesses a Growth Score of B.

Western Digital Corporation PEG Ratio (TTM)

Western Digital Corporation peg-ratio-ttm | Western Digital Corporation Quote

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