Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 16th:Amalgamated Financial Corp. (AMAL) : This bank holding company for Amalgamated Bank has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.1% over the last 60 days.Amalgamated Financial’s shares gained 14.7% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 4.6%. The company possesses a Momentum Score  of B.SharkNinja, Inc. (S ...