Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for January 28th

Here are two stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, January 28:

New Gold Inc. NGD: This gold mining company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.3% over the last 60 days.

New Gold Inc. Price and Consensus

New Gold Inc. price-consensus-chart | New Gold Inc. Quote

New Gold’s shares gained 79.8% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 1.2%. The company possesses a Momentum Score  of A.

New Gold Inc. Price

New Gold Inc. price | New Gold Inc. Quote

Investar Holding Corporation ISTR: This bank holding company for Investar Bank has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its next year earnings increasing 5.8% over the last 60 days.

Investar Holding Corporation Price and Consensus

Investar Holding Corporation price-consensus-chart | Investar Holding Corporation Quote

Investar’s shares gained 16.2% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 1.2%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Investar Holding Corporation Price

Investar Holding Corporation price | Investar Holding Corporation 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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