as many companies deal with rising costs slowing demand and ongoing recession fears a cnbc pro screen surfaced some bright spots that are actually gaining earnings momentum investors have been contending with a steep market selloff for the past two months as inflation worsened by the russiaukraine conflict increasingly weighs on businesses this week traders will parse through more retail earnings to see how companies are dealing with rising costs amid lower consumer demand still there may be some winners to be picked out by investors to find these names cnbc pro used factset data to screen for companies where analysts have been raising their estimates instead of cutting them specifically we looked for stocks that have a current 2022 eps estimate that is higher than it was three months ago these stocks are also expected to post earnings per share growth of at least 10 this year they also have buyequivalent ratings from a majority of analysts covering them and are beating the broader market this year here are the stocks with the greatest earnings momentum our screen returned a string of energy names that have enjoyed a surge this year on rising oil prices analysts covering eog resources  marathon oil  conocophillips  devon energy  pioneer natural resources  diamondback energy all raised their earnings estimates for the current calendar year albemarle  one of the worlds largest lithium providers raised its earnings outlook twice this month as rising inflation drives up prices for battery makers who use the metal year to date the stock is up nearly 4 sba communications  a major cell phone tower operator and reit also made the list in a note last month keybanc analysts said sba is a buy with significant upside potential as leasing accelerates analysts expect sbas earnings to increase by 91 in 2022 the stock is down 14 this year semiconductor company analog devices made the list as well earlier this month the company reported record revenue for a fifth straight quarter citing unprecedented demand for its products a note from argus research this month said strong demand and management is boosting analog devices during an ongoing period of supply chain disruptions the stock price is down 8 in 2022 other stocks surfaced in our screen include booking holdings  marathon petroleum  valero energy  quanta services  arthur j gallagher  co  phillips 66  monolithic power systems  enphase energy  w r berkley  halliburton company  ptc and assurant 