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US momentum leaders — August 2026

As of 31 August 2026

# Name 3-mo price move
1
MRNA
+198.6%

The INTerpath-001 platform-validation leg is intact, but the company monetised it first: $2.6B of upsized 0.00% converts priced 2026-08-28 at a…

2
ARCT
+86.1%

Platform-repossession re-rating extended: the CSL exit returned global KOSTAIVE plus flu/RSV/EBV rights with $12M cash and ~$16M of released…

3
RCEL
+129.9%
4
OABI
+68.0%

Milestone-flywheel re-rating extended past the 2026-08-22 note: a +8.78% session on 2026-08-24 made a new 52-week closing high, then price eased…

5
ASST
+38.6%

The discount trade turned: bitcoin near $79,132 on 2026-08-28 pushed Strive's mNAV back to parity by 08-24 (0.99x basic per…

6
SWVL
+79.7%

Left-for-dead post-SPAC transit operator re-rated on a ~$14.5M at-market round led by Sawiris-backed Coefficient LP (2026-08-25/26), stacked on Q1…

7
IOVA
+101.8%
8
HTFL
+60.0%

AI coronary diagnostics re-rated on the 2026-08-13 Q2 print: revenue +48% YoY to $64.1M, FY26 guide lifted to $246–250M from $228–232M, Plaque…

9
PSQL
+83.7%
10
TEAM
+66.9%

The "agentic AI kills seat-based software" de-rating just reversed: Q4 FY26 (2026-08-06) put cloud +31% and $6,606M subscription ARR behind the…

11
PURR
+10.9%

The gamma-squeeze/index leg is over: PURR is -42% from its 6/1 high of $11.62 to $6.68 (7/17), through the $7.70 shelf, and now trades at roughly…

12
RDIB
+71.1%

Deleveraging re-rating on a real turn — Q2 2026 revenue $66.9M (+11% YoY) and a swing to $2.3M net income on 2026-08-14, with Cinema 123 proceeds…

13
SENS
+34.2%

Only year-long implantable CGM, clinically de-risked at ADA 2026 with revenue +71.9% YoY TTM — and the tape has spent six weeks grinding back…

14
LIFE
+90.7%

Q2 re-rating intact but the leg has gone quiet: the 2026-08-21 close of $34.16 versus $34.02 a week earlier with RSI(14) cooling 91.6→82.3, while…

15
NIQ
+113.9%

Post-take-private deleveraging re-rate still running after the 2026-08-10 beat-and-raise, now with an OpenAI Deployment Company collaboration…

16
AMR
+9.1%

China coking-coal supply shock is repricing US met-coal equities — Dalian futures hit a 22-month high 2026-08-19 with 50–60Mt of Shanxi capacity…

17
VISN
+59.1%
18
VREX
+84.3%

Signed all-cash takeout at $18.90 (Teledyne, 2026-08-10); the 2026-08-28 close of $18.50 leaves about $0.40 of gross gap. Two weeks have added no…

19
ARX
+24.1%

Signed all-cash take-private at $20.25; the 2026-08-21 close of $19.59 leaves a fixed-price insurance-regulatory arb with the ceiling…

20
AMLX
+136.4%

LUCIDITY hit on 2026-08-18 — 55% reduction in Level 2/3 hypoglycemic events vs placebo, p=0.000003 — and Amylyx immediately funded the launch,…

Questions

Which US stocks had the strongest momentum in August 2026?
As of 31 August 2026, the strongest composite momentum score on FrontierPicks was led by MRNA, ARCT, RCEL, OABI. This is a frozen archive of that month's ranking — research, not advice.
Is this ranking current?
No — this is a frozen archive of the August 2026 momentum board, kept for the record. The current board lives at /hot-stocks/.

As of 31 August 2026 · research, not advice.