New Strong Buy Stocks for August 19th

Kubota KUBTY: This company, which is the world's largest maker of small tractors and Japan's 2nd largest manufacturer of farm equipment, has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 15.10% over the last 60 days.

Enersys ENS: This company, which is engaged in manufacturing, marketing and distribution of various industrial batteries, has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 7.4% over the last 60 days.

Palantir Technologies PLTR: This company, which builds and deploys software platforms for the intelligence community to help in counterterrorism investigations and operations across the United States and internationally, has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 6.7% over the last 60 day.

Itron ITRI: This technology and services company, which is one of the leading global suppliers of a wide range of standard, advanced, and smart meters and meter communication systems, including networks and communication modules, software, devices, sensors, data analytics and services to the utility and municipal sectors, has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.8% over the last 60 days.

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

Zacks' Research Chief Names "Stock Most Likely to Double"

Our team of experts has just released the 5 stocks with the greatest probability of gaining +100% or more in the coming months. Of those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian highlights the one stock set to climb highest.

This top pick is a little-known satellite-based communications firm. Space is projected to become a trillion dollar industry, and this company's customer base is growing fast. Analysts have forecasted a major revenue breakout in 2025. Of course, all our elite picks aren't winners but this one could far surpass earlier Zacks' Stocks Set to Double like Hims & Hers Health, which shot up +209%.

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