Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong income characteristics for investors to consider today, August 19th: KT (KT) : This telecommunication services company which provides mobile telecommunications services, telephone services, fixed-line and VoIP telephone services, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.9% over the last 60 days. This Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) company has a dividend yield of 4.2%, compared with the industry average of 2%. First Commo ...