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Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for Oct. 20

By Zacks Equity Research | October 20, 2025, 10:00 AM

Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, Oct. 20:

Perpetua Resources Corp. PPTA: This mining company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 28.1% over the last 60 days.

Perpetua Resources Corp. Price and Consensus

Perpetua Resources Corp. Price and Consensus

Perpetua Resources Corp. price-consensus-chart | Perpetua Resources Corp. Quote

Perpetua’s shares gained 47.5% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 5.8%. The company possesses a Momentum Score  of A.

Perpetua Resources Corp. Price

Perpetua Resources Corp. Price

Perpetua Resources Corp. price | Perpetua Resources Corp. Quote

Cenovus Energy Inc. CVE: This explorer and producer of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 16.9% over the last 60 days.

Cenovus Energy Inc Price and Consensus

Cenovus Energy Inc Price and Consensus

Cenovus Energy Inc price-consensus-chart | Cenovus Energy Inc Quote

Cenovus’ shares gained 19.6% over the past three months compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 5.8%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.

Cenovus Energy Inc Price

Cenovus Energy Inc Price

Cenovus Energy Inc price | Cenovus Energy Inc Quote

Kinross Gold Corporation KGC: This gold-mining company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 9.9% over the last 60 days.

Kinross Gold Corporation Price and Consensus

Kinross Gold Corporation Price and Consensus

Kinross Gold Corporation price-consensus-chart | Kinross Gold Corporation Quote

Kinross Gold’s shares gained 57.7% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 5.8%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Kinross Gold Corporation Price

Kinross Gold Corporation Price

Kinross Gold Corporation price | Kinross Gold 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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