Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, May 17th:Howmet Aerospace (HWM) : This company which engages in providing engineered solutions for customers in the transportation and aerospace (both defense and commercial) industries, has a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 10.1% over the last 60 days.Howmet Aerospace’s shares gained 31.5% over the last three month compared w ...