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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Twist Bioscience Corp. Biotechnology | $11.0B | 64.0 | −0.6 | 67.2 | 60.4 | 100.0 | 80.6 | 60.5 | 28.9 | 52.4 | 32.0 | 14.4 | |
Guardant Health, Inc. Diagnostics & Research | $23.2B | 46.0 | +1.0 | 56.9 | 42.6 | 99.8 | 60.0 | 55.5 | 13.3 | 62.4 | 52.4 | 9.0 | |
CareDx, Inc. Diagnostics & Research | $2.8B | 99.5 | 0.0 | 98.5 | 84.4 | 99.6 | 99.1 | 50.5 | 94.9 | 74.3 | 43.9 | 31.2 | |
National Energy Services Reunited Corp. Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | $3.3B | 82.6 | +0.4 | 95.6 | 37.3 | 99.6 | 52.8 | 75.9 | 76.4 | 52.6 | 25.9 | 28.6 | |
Frontline Plc Oil & Gas Midstream | $11.4B | 97.0 | −0.1 | 81.8 | 75.1 | 99.5 | 76.8 | 57.9 | 96.8 | 97.0 | 34.8 | 14.0 | |
Globalstar, Inc. Telecom Services | $10.5B | 52.3 | +0.7 | 36.8 | 39.0 | 99.5 | 51.9 | 77.8 | 80.5 | 41.7 | 30.3 | 14.9 | |
International Seaways, Inc. Oil & Gas Midstream | $5.5B | 88.3 | −1.2 | 89.3 | 71.5 | 99.4 | 82.6 | 22.6 | 39.9 | 98.2 | 64.3 | 21.8 | |
Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. Credit Services | $4.4B | 98.3 | −0.1 | 92.3 | 93.1 | 99.4 | 91.7 | 39.4 | 99.3 | 92.4 | 2.2 | 24.9 | |
Semtech Corp. Semiconductors | $17.1B | 76.8 | −1.6 | 100.0 | 51.2 | 99.3 | 92.2 | 41.2 | 55.9 | 45.0 | 26.7 | 11.0 | |
10X Genomics, Inc. Medical Devices | $10.0B | 93.7 | −0.4 | 81.7 | 70.5 | 99.3 | 94.1 | 94.9 | 61.9 | 48.3 | 47.2 | 15.4 | |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Semiconductors | $912.7B | 69.1 | −0.1 | 84.8 | 30.3 | 99.3 | 75.9 | 51.3 | 50.3 | 69.3 | 54.1 | 0.3 | |
Dell Technologies, Inc. Computer Hardware | $361.2B | 95.1 | −0.1 | 99.3 | 89.4 | 99.2 | 82.8 | 24.3 | 62.0 | 94.4 | 78.7 | 0.7 | |
NeoGenomics, Inc. Diagnostics & Research | $2.6B | 76.6 | +0.6 | 76.7 | 31.8 | 99.2 | 47.5 | 79.8 | 49.5 | 83.7 | 38.2 | 32.4 | |
Calumet, Inc. Specialty Chemicals | $5.1B | 80.5 | +1.2 | 69.2 | 16.1 | 99.1 | 42.9 | 90.2 | 84.0 | 96.9 | 34.9 | 22.7 | |
Natera, Inc. Diagnostics & Research | $51.0B | 80.6 | +0.8 | 90.2 | 60.4 | 99.1 | 92.0 | 59.6 | 25.6 | 62.0 | 68.2 | 5.1 | |
AbCellera Biologics, Inc. Biotechnology | $4.1B | 70.9 | −0.8 | 57.2 | 58.0 | 99.0 | 43.7 | 67.1 | 63.5 | 81.8 | 26.5 | 25.8 | |
BBB Foods, Inc. Discount Stores | $5.6B | 36.2 | +0.3 | 77.8 | 22.7 | 99.0 | 37.9 | 58.9 | 8.2 | 36.1 | 33.4 | 21.6 | |
Marathon Petroleum Corp. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $119.3B | 95.9 | −0.1 | 93.4 | 78.4 | 99.0 | 71.5 | 61.9 | 65.3 | 93.0 | 74.0 | 2.1 | |
Central Bancompany, Inc. Banks - Regional | $7.6B | 32.2 | −0.5 | 59.9 | 3.5 | 98.8 | 72.8 | 25.7 | 40.1 | 16.7 | 73.5 | 18.0 | |
AxoGen, Inc. Medical Devices | $2.6B | 78.8 | +0.7 | 61.7 | 54.7 | 98.8 | 73.8 | 62.3 | 73.7 | 52.2 | 52.4 | 32.1 | |
PBF Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $8.9B | 93.9 | −0.5 | 86.0 | 85.0 | 98.8 | 49.7 | 36.2 | 88.7 | 98.1 | 60.5 | 16.7 | |
Valero Energy Corp. Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | $122.7B | 96.3 | −0.5 | 91.3 | 66.6 | 98.7 | 75.6 | 72.1 | 75.7 | 91.6 | 64.6 | 2.1 | |
Columbia Financial, Inc. (Maryland) Banks - Regional | $3.1B | 36.6 | +0.1 | 34.4 | 1.3 | 98.7 | 19.3 | 17.9 | 84.5 | 91.2 | 50.9 | 29.4 | |
Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. Biotechnology | $2.6B | 38.7 | −1.2 | 56.9 | 52.6 | 98.6 | 31.0 | 62.0 | 17.7 | 25.1 | 46.8 | 32.2 | |
Precigen, Inc. Biotechnology | $2.8B | 83.3 | +2.3 | 99.9 | 94.7 | 98.6 | 49.7 | 47.8 | 7.7 | 72.5 | 59.5 | 31.3 |
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.
17 of the 25 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.
Cheapest on trailing P/E: PBF at 6.8×, INSW at 7.1× and FRO at 7.7×.
Highest forward dividend yields: INSW at 18.2%, CLMT at 4.6% and CLBK at 1.7%.
This page is one list. Monday covers the whole market.
Computed off the Friday close and sent before the US open.
Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks and the factor behind each one. The names above will rotate as the scores move — the Radar is how you hear what changed.
Questions people ask about momentum stocks.
- What are the best momentum stocks right now?
- As at 19 Sept 2026, the top-ranked momentum stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are Twist Bioscience Corp. (TWST), Guardant Health, Inc. (GH), CareDx, Inc. (CDNA). 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 19 Sept 2026: of the 25 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 17 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.