The 5 Best Mid Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index to find 5 stocks with the most frequent new highs and positive gains for the last week and month.  The list includes Unit Corp (UNT), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Oshkosh Trucks (OSK), Hill-Rom Holdings (HRC) and Stancorp Financial Group (SFG):

Unit Corp (UNT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 9.11% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.13%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 50.20
• Recently traded at 50.44 with a 50 day moving average of 47.23

Minerals Technologies (MTX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 14.82% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 83.91%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 54.70
• Recently traded at 55.57 with a 50 day moving average of 48.48

Oshkosh Trucks (OSK)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 9.52% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.12%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 51.87
• Recently traded at 52.10 with a 50 day moving average of 48.16

Hill-Rom Holdings (HRC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 10.15% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 79.47%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 38.37
• Recently traded at 39.16 with a 50 day moving average of 36.04

Stancorp Financial Group (SFG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 64% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 10.57% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.89%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 57.86
• Recently traded at 59.73 with a 50 day moving average of 55.31