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US momentum leaders — September 2026

As of 30 September 2026

# Name 3-mo price move
1
KOD
+151.3%

Kodiak Sciences' DAYBREAK win in wet AMD looks largely priced in, with the shares near the consensus target, deeply overbought and a launch still…

2
IOVA
+277.3%

Iovance Biotherapeutics' raised FY2026 revenue guidance of $410–420 million, set two days before Q3 closed, still carries the case after a 229.5%…

3
DNA
+26.8%
4
CHPT
+72.1%
5
GRAL
+108.5%

GRAIL's shares already price in FDA approval of its Galleri cancer blood test and slipped to $132.61 on 8 October 2026 as new trial data arrived.…

6
PACB
+37.4%
7
SDGR
+95.2%

Schrödinger's shares still trade well above the $20.80 consensus target after falling 11.3% to $28.90 on 6 October 2026, because software revenue…

8
TGE
+34.6%
9
VICR
−17.4%

Vicor Corporation's patent royalties on its Vertical Power Delivery technology drove two September guidance raises to more than 30% sequential…

10
AOUT
+31.4%

American Outdoor Brands' 53.0% gross margin, raised profit guidance and $10 million buyback still support the shares, which closed at $16.30 on 8…

11
MXL
−19.2%

MaxLinear's shares fell 13% to $93.70 on 8 October 2026 after a 45% one-month rally yet still sit above the $88.64 average analyst target; the 22…

12
ACVA
+43.2%
13
COHU
−1.5%

Cohu's AI-driven chip-test recovery has lifted the shares to $68.37, level with the $70.88 average analyst target; the Q3 report, expected about…

14
TXG
+136.6%

10x Genomics' shares, at $80.66 after a 17.5% one-day drop from a $97.74 high, still trade far above the business its new Atera instrument has yet…

15
PRTH
+8.9%
16
FORM
−0.1%
17
SRZN
+25.4%
18
XRPN
+45.9%
19
FEIM
+30.7%
20
TWST
+91.6%

Twist Bioscience's 23% revenue growth as an AI antibody-data supplier is real, but its shares fell to a $152.05 close on 8 October 2026, 25.8%…

Questions

Which US stocks had the strongest momentum in September 2026?
As of 30 September 2026, the strongest composite momentum score on FrontierPicks was led by KOD, IOVA, DNA, CHPT. 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 September 2026 momentum board, kept for the record. The current board lives at /hot-stocks/.

As of 30 September 2026 · research, not advice.