Symetra Financial - Breakout Chart

Summary:

Symetra Financial (SYA) looks like a typical breakout chart.  In the last 20 trading sessions the stock advanced 16 times for a gain of 13.85%.  The Relative strength Index is 78.20%

Article:

The Chart of the Day is Symetra Financial (SYM).  I found the stock by sorting the New High List for frequency. One of your most frequent questions in how do I spot a breakout stock in its early stages.  The best way is to look at the New High List each day and sort for frequency.  Use the flipchart feature to review the stocks that had at least 10 advances in the last month.

The Company offers an array of employee benefits, annuities and life insurance products through four operating segments: Group, Retirement Services, Income Annuities and Individual. Group includes medical stop-loss insurance, limited medical benefit plans, and group life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and disability income insurance to employer groups. Retirement Services include fixed and variable deferred annuities, including tax-sheltered annuities, individual retirement accounts and group annuities to qualified 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plans. Income Annuities include single-premium immediate annuities, single-premium deferred-payout annuities, and structured settlement annuities to fund third-party personal injury settlements. Individual includes term, universal and variable life insurance, as well as bank-owned life insurance.

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Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 13.85% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.20%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 15.12
• Recently traded at 15.37 with a 50 day moving average of 13.71

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $1.83 billion
• P/E 12.07
• Dividend yield 2.07%
• Revenue projected to increase 1.60% this year and another .50% next year
• Earnings estimated to grow 3.70% this year, an additional 5.80% next year and continue to increase on a annual basis at the rate of 9.00% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 5 hold and 4 sell recommendations

No one can predict a target price no matter how hard they try so always monitor a stocks momentum and bail if it drops below its 50 day moving average.