Here are three stocks with buy ranks and strong growth characteristics for investors to consider today, Nov. 5:Ultrapar Participaçoes S.A. (UGP) : This consumer distributor of liquefied petroleum gas, gasoline, ethanol, diesel, fuel oil and kerosene etc. carries a Zacks Rank #1, and has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 51.9% over the last 60 days.Ultrapar Participaçoes S.A. has a PEG ratio of 1.90 compared with 2.45 for the industry. The company possesses a  Gr ...