New Strong Buy Stocks for February 18th

Here are five stocks added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List today:

South Plains Financial, Inc. SPFI: This bank holding company for City Bank has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 12.4% over the last 60 days.

South Plains Financial, Inc. Price and Consensus

South Plains Financial, Inc. price-consensus-chart | South Plains Financial, Inc. Quote

Rio Tinto Group RIO: This company that engages in exploring, mining, and processing mineral resources has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 12.3% over the last 60 days.

Rio Tinto Price and Consensus

Rio Tinto PLC price-consensus-chart | Rio Tinto PLC Quote

Celestica Inc. CLS: This hardware platform provider and supply chain solutions company has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 7.6% over the last 60 days.

Celestica, Inc. Price and Consensus

Celestica, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Celestica, Inc. Quote

PCB Bancorp PCB: This bank holding company for Pacific City Bank has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.2% over the last 60 days.

PCB Bancorp Price and Consensus

PCB Bancorp price-consensus-chart | PCB Bancorp Quote

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. PINE: This real estate investment trust has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 7.7% over the last 60 days.

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. Price and Consensus

Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Alpine Income Property Trust, Inc. Quote

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

5 Stocks Set to Double

Each was handpicked by a Zacks expert as the #1 favorite stock to gain +100% or more in the coming year. While not all picks can be winners, previous recommendations have soared +112%, +171%, +209% and +232%.

Most of the stocks in this report are flying under Wall Street radar, which provides a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor.

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