Here are two stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, January 3rd:

Surmodics, Inc. SRDX: This company that provides performance coating technologies for the medical sector has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 18.8% over the last 60 days.

Surmodics, Inc. Price and Consensus

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Surmodics’ shares gained 3.3% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 2.3%. The company possesses a Momentum Score  of A.

Surmodics, Inc. Price

Surmodics, Inc. price | Surmodics, Inc. Quote

Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. CWAN: This company that provides a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its next year earnings increasing 3.9% over the last 60 days.

Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. Price and Consensus

Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. price-consensus-chart | Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. Quote

Clearwater Analytics’ shares gained 7.2% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 2.3%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of B.

Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. Price

Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. price | Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. Quote

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