Here are three stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today August 9th:Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) : This company which is engaged in the processing, production, marketing and distribution of frozen, fresh as well as value-added chicken products, carries a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 27.1% over the last 60 days.Pilgrim's Pride's has a PEG ratio of 0.22 compared with 0.48 for the indust ...