5 Great Micro Caps

Today I wanted to find some micro cap stocks that had good technical indicators and charts so I used Barchart to screen their database for stocks that had under $2 billion in market capitalization and a price under $10 that had technical buy signals of 80% or higher.  I then sorted the results for the ones with the highest number of new highs in the last month and used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

Today's list includes GSE Systems (GVP), Naugatuck Valley Financial (NVSL), Central Garden and Pet (CENT), Prophase Labs (PRPH) and Biotime (BTX):

GSE Systems (GVP) Market Cap $31 million

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 32.56% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 66.33%
• Barchart computes  a technical support level at 1.72
• Recently traded at 1.71 with a 50 day moving average of 1.46

Naugatuck Valley Financial (NVSL) Market Cap $61 million

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 8.33% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.23%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 8.71
• Recently traded at 9.10 with a 50 day moving average of 8.36

Central Garden and Pet (CENT) Market Cap $478 million

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 20.28% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.72%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 9.06
• Recently traded at 9.29 with a 50 day moving average of 8.07

Prophase Labs (PRPH) Market Cap $25 million

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 25.56% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.10%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 1.58
• Recently traded at 1.67 with a 50 day moving average of 1.42

Biotime (BTX) Market Cap $352 million

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 41.96% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.03%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 4.17
• Recently traded at 4.49 with a 50 day moving average of 3.51