Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, September 17th:The Progressive (PGR) : This company which is a leading independent agency writer of private passenger auto coverage, and the market share leader for the motorcycle products since 1998, has a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.8% over the last 60 days.The Progressive’s shares gained 23.2% over the last three mont ...