Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today,what is a shalaylee January 2nd:

Allied Motion Technologies Inc.

(AMOT): This designer and manufacturer of precision and specialty motion control components has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 12.7% over the last 60 days.

Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. Price and Consensus

Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. Price and Consensus

Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. Quote

Allied Motion’s shares gained 0.2% over the last one month more than S&P 500’s loss of -7.2%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. Price

Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. Price

Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. price | Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. Quote

COUPA SOFTWARE

(COUP): This is a cloud-based spend management platform provider has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing more than 100% over the last 60 days.

COUPA SOFTWARE Price and Consensus

COUPA SOFTWARE Price and Consensus

COUPA SOFTWARE price-consensus-chart | COUPA SOFTWARE Quote

COUPA’s shares gained 3.1% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

COUPA SOFTWARE Price

COUPA SOFTWARE Price

COUPA SOFTWARE price | COUPA SOFTWARE Quote

Tribune Media Company

(TRCO): This media and entertainment company has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its next year earnings increasing 7.8% over the last 60 days.

Tribune Media Company Price and Consensus

Tribune Media Company Price and Consensus

Tribune Media Company price-consensus-chart | Tribune Media Company Quote

Tribune Media’s shares gained 1.3% over the last one month. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Tribune Media Company Price

Tribune Media Company Price

Tribune Media Company price | Tribune Media Company Quote

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