Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong income characteristics for investors to consider today, August 19th:

BanColombia CIB: This company which is Colombia's largest bank in terms of assets and also has the largest market participation in deposit products and loans, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 7.8% over the last 60 days.

BanColombia S.A. price-consensus-chart | BanColombia S.A. Quote

This Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) company has a dividend yield of 11.5%, compared with the industry average of 2.8%.

BanColombia S.A. dividend-yield-ttm | BanColombia S.A. Quote

TPG RE Finance Trust TRTX: This commercial real estate finance company which focuses primarily on directly originating, acquiring and managing commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate-related debt instruments, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 3.1% over the last 60 days.

TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. price-consensus-chart | TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. Quote

This Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) company has a dividend yield of 10.6%, compared with the industry average of 0.0%.

TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. dividend-yield-ttm | TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. Quote

AllianceBernstein AB: This company which provides diversified investment management services, primarily to pension funds, endowments, foreign financial institutions, and to individual investors, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 4.4% over the last 60 days.

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. price-consensus-chart | AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. Quote

This Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) company has a dividend yield of 7.5%, compared with the industry average of 2.7%.

AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. dividend-yield-ttm | AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. Quote

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