The best momentum stocks right now, ranked.
Ticker Nerd's model re-ranks roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day, and the 1,500 big and liquid enough to trade are eligible here. These 25 score highest on its Momentum factor right now. How the shares have performed over the past months, next to every other stock.
Every score is a percentile across the whole US universe we cover — a 92 beats 92% of it. How the model was built and blind-tested is on the methodology page; what each factor means is on the factor glossary.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt cap | Rank | 1w rank Δ | Revisions | Value | Momentum | Quality | Accruals | Issuance | Growth | Volatility | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BBB Foods, Inc. Discount Stores | $8.1B | 58.7 | +14.4 | 93.4 | 22.3 | 100.0 | 42.7 | 60.9 | 7.8 | 78.3 | 59.5 | 16.7 | |
Moderna, Inc. Biotechnology | $96.4B | 81.6 | +2.0 | 72.4 | 95.0 | 99.8 | 82.0 | 89.8 | 26.5 | 46.3 | 57.4 | 2.7 | |
Victoria's Secret & Co. Apparel Retail | $8.5B | 80.3 | −0.4 | 78.9 | 38.1 | 99.8 | 71.0 | 75.6 | 53.7 | 91.5 | 19.9 | 16.3 | |
PACS Group, Inc. Medical Care Facilities | $7.9B | 86.4 | −1.6 | 83.0 | 55.0 | 99.8 | 54.9 | 57.5 | 80.2 | 79.0 | 60.2 | 17.0 | |
Central Bancompany, Inc. Banks - Regional | $8.9B | 29.8 | +5.8 | 47.3 | 1.6 | 99.7 | 72.9 | 27.7 | 39.4 | 16.4 | 83.2 | 15.7 | |
Encore Capital Group, Inc. Credit Services | $2.7B | 97.1 | −0.4 | 89.3 | 76.1 | 99.7 | 97.7 | 22.9 | 61.9 | 98.6 | 81.5 | 31.0 | |
Xencor, Inc. Biotechnology | $2.5B | 92.4 | +7.0 | 77.6 | 76.5 | 99.6 | 79.3 | 51.6 | 73.0 | 57.7 | 83.1 | 31.7 | |
GigaCloud Technology, Inc. Software - Infrastructure | $2.3B | 79.0 | −2.2 | 96.1 | 79.8 | 99.5 | 36.7 | 34.2 | 65.8 | 71.3 | 10.1 | 32.4 | |
CareDx, Inc. Diagnostics & Research | $3.9B | 90.0 | −8.2 | 99.9 | 72.2 | 99.5 | 98.5 | 23.2 | 55.0 | 72.6 | 34.7 | 25.9 | |
Cheesecake Factory, Inc. Restaurants | $5.5B | 88.6 | −4.9 | 84.1 | 60.2 | 99.4 | 75.1 | 58.0 | 66.1 | 74.4 | 55.8 | 21.4 | |
Royalty Pharma Plc Biotechnology | $38.9B | 97.6 | +11.4 | 88.6 | 85.1 | 99.4 | 73.0 | 74.0 | 77.8 | 70.3 | 99.4 | 5.9 | |
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International Plc Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic | $6.8B | 97.3 | +0.5 | 74.9 | 96.2 | 99.2 | 91.3 | 62.2 | 54.0 | 84.0 | 94.7 | 18.7 | |
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. Credit Services | $3.9B | 97.4 | +0.1 | 95.3 | 98.1 | 99.2 | 94.1 | 24.1 | 98.6 | 81.6 | 4.1 | 25.9 | |
Xometry, Inc. Industrial Distribution | $6.0B | 69.9 | +4.1 | 98.9 | 43.5 | 99.1 | 60.4 | 44.1 | 27.8 | 74.7 | 34.6 | 20.1 | |
Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. Insurance - Reinsurance | $3.6B | 84.9 | +2.6 | 95.0 | 89.6 | 99.1 | 58.3 | 15.8 | 37.0 | 92.8 | 60.8 | 26.8 | |
Axogen, Inc. Medical Devices | $2.9B | 89.5 | +1.2 | 89.3 | 55.4 | 99.0 | 71.5 | 64.5 | 68.5 | 53.6 | 71.7 | 30.1 | |
Revolution Medicines, Inc. Biotechnology | $37.1B | 58.3 | +8.8 | 89.2 | 91.3 | 98.9 | 49.7 | 46.1 | 8.7 | 27.8 | 68.4 | 6.1 | |
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. Utilities - Regulated Electric | $5.0B | 82.9 | +42.0 | 70.5 | 75.4 | 98.9 | 65.7 | 61.5 | 94.9 | 35.1 | 48.5 | 22.4 | |
Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. Medical Care Facilities | $5.4B | 92.2 | −1.5 | 88.6 | 62.0 | 98.9 | 58.4 | 58.5 | 86.3 | 83.1 | 48.1 | 21.7 | |
Guardant Health, Inc. Diagnostics & Research | $19.8B | 46.3 | −8.7 | 59.1 | 41.9 | 98.9 | 57.1 | 56.8 | 13.3 | 62.4 | 49.5 | 9.8 | |
Pulse Biosciences, Inc. Medical Instruments & Supplies | $3.9B | 47.2 | +6.5 | 63.1 | 33.2 | 98.8 | 10.7 | 80.9 | 59.4 | 37.1 | 30.6 | 26.0 | |
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. Integrated Freight & Logistics | $24.6B | 97.9 | +0.5 | 97.7 | 85.3 | 98.7 | 95.7 | 32.8 | 77.6 | 81.7 | 91.6 | 8.4 | |
Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. Biotechnology | $10.7B | 66.8 | −6.3 | 40.5 | 84.7 | 98.7 | 74.9 | 34.8 | 44.4 | 74.6 | 74.3 | 14.3 | |
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. Travel Services | $2.1B | 83.7 | +4.6 | 89.5 | 41.1 | 98.7 | 89.6 | 73.1 | 33.7 | 73.3 | 18.5 | 34.0 | |
MSG Knickerbockers Corp. Entertainment | $7.6B | 71.0 | −2.6 | 59.8 | 21.4 | 98.7 | 35.7 | 70.0 | 82.7 | 79.1 | 88.5 | 17.4 |
Today’s snapshot only — the list rotates as the scores move. Click any ticker for its full page: rank against every factor, analyst price targets, financials and news.
What these momentum stocks look like up close.
Figures for the 25 listed names, from the same data behind their stock pages.
20 of the 25 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.
Cheapest on trailing P/E: HG at 7.1×, ECPG at 7.6× and BFH at 8.0×.
Highest forward dividend yields: NWE at 3.3%, CBC at 1.5% and RPRX at 1.4%.
This page is one list. Monday covers the whole market.
The names above rotate as the scores move. The Radar is how you hear what changed.
- Market Radar, every Monday: the week's biggest rank moves across ~4,600 US stocks, and the reason for each.
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Questions people ask about momentum stocks.
- What are the best momentum stocks right now?
- As at 5 Nov 2026, the top-ranked momentum stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are BBB Foods, Inc. (TBBB), Moderna, Inc. (MRNA), Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSXY). The full top 25 is the table on this page, re-ranked every trading day. A rank is general information, not personal advice.
- How does Ticker Nerd pick the best momentum stocks?
- Nobody picks them. A factor model scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day on families like value, momentum, quality and growth, and this page is one fixed cut of that ranking. The research process behind the model — point-in-time data from 2005, locked test windows, logged rejections — is published on the methodology page.
- Are momentum stocks a good investment?
- That depends on the price paid and on your circumstances — this page is general information, not advice. What the data says as at 5 Nov 2026: of the 25 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 20 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
The same model, other cuts.
Every list reads the one ranking — the stock screener index has the complete set.