Westmoreland Coal - Barchart's Chart of the Day

Westmoreland Coal (WLB) is the Barchart Chart of the Day. The Montana coal company has  Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 184.30+ and gained 168.89% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day is Westmoreland Coal (WLB).  I found the stock by sorting the New High List for Weighted Alpha then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 5/27 the stock gained 6.99%.

Westmoreland Coal Company's principal activities are: the production and sale of coal from the Powder River Basin in eastern Montana; the ownership of interests in cogeneration and other non-regulated independent power plants; and the leasing of capacity at Dominion Terminal Associates, a coal storage and vessel loading facility.

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Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 13.56% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.37%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 30.43
• Recently traded at 32.31 with a 50 day moving average of 29.40

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $479.80 million
• Revenue expected to grow 62.20% this year and another 22.60% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 154.90% next year
• Wall Street analysts issued 2 strong buy and 1 buy recommendation on the stock

Energy, especially coal will be volatile so use discipline and exit at the 100 day moving average