Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, March 12th:Li Auto Inc. (LI) : This China-based new energy vehicles company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 6.7% over the last 60 days.Li Auto’s shares gained 22.1% over the past month compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 3%. The company possesses a Momentum Score  of A.Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) : This company th ...