Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, October 8th: HCI Group (HCI) This company which is engaged in diverse business activities, including property and casualty insurance, information technology, real estate and reinsurance, has a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 8.0% over the last 60 days. HCI Group's shares gained 12.9% over the last three month compared with the ...