Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for May 23rd

By Zacks Equity Research | May 23, 2025, 10:00 AM

Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, May 23rd:

NEXT plc NXGPY: This retailer of clothing, beauty, footwear, and home products has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 9.6% over the last 60 days.

Next PLC Price and Consensus

Next PLC Price and Consensus

Next PLC price-consensus-chart | Next PLC Quote

NEXT’s shares gained 35.4% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 2.6%. The company possesses a Momentum Score  of A.

Next PLC Price

Next PLC Price

Next PLC price | Next PLC Quote

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. PDLB: This bank holding company for Ponce Bank has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 102.6% overthe last 60 days.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. Price and Consensus

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. Price and Consensus

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Ponce Financial Group, Inc. Quote

Ponce Financial’s shares gained 2.8% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 2.6%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. Price

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. Price

Ponce Financial Group, Inc. price | Ponce Financial Group, Inc. Quote

Erste Group Bank AG EBKDY: This banking and financial services company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 6.7% overthe last 60 days.

Erste Group Bank AG Price and Consensus

Erste Group Bank AG Price and Consensus

Erste Group Bank AG price-consensus-chart | Erste Group Bank AG Quote

Erste Group’s shares gained 16% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s decline of 2.6%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Erste Group Bank AG Price

Erste Group Bank AG Price

Erste Group Bank AG price | Erste Group Bank AG Quote

 

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Learn more about the Momentum score and how it is calculated here.

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