Best Momentum Stock to Buy for September 30th

Here are two stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, September 30th:

Stepan SCL: This company, which is a major manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemicals used in a broad range of industries, has a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 10.3% over the last 60 days.

Stepan Company Price and Consensus

Stepan Company price-consensus-chart | Stepan Company Quote

Stepan’s shares gained 12.3% over the last three month compared with the S&P 500’s gain of 2.5%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Stepan Company Price

Stepan Company price | Stepan Company Quote

AC Immune ACIU: This biopharmaceutical company, that develops, discover and design novel, proprietary medicines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, has a Zacks Rank #1, and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 28.6% over the last 60 days.

AC Immune Price and Consensus

AC Immune price-consensus-chart | AC Immune Quote

AC Immune’s shares gained 9.2% over the last three month compared with the S&P 500’s gain of 2.5%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

AC Immune Price

AC Immune price | AC Immune Quote

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