The 5 Best Small Caps

I wanted to find which Small Cap stocks had not only the best consistent return in the past year but which ones also had currently not run out of steam.  I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks first by the Weighted Alpha then looked for stocks with the highest technical buy signals.

Today's list includes Lending Tree (TREE), Abiomed (ABMD), AMN Healthcare Services (AHS), Stamps.Com (STMP) and Amedisys (AMED).

Lending Tree (TREE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 248.70+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 52.44% in the last month 
• Relative Strength Index 78.12%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 110.90
• Recently traded at 118.79 with a 50 day moving average of 78.92

Abiomed (ABMD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 220.00+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 42.06% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 88.45%
• Barchart computes a technical support level 92.00
• Recently traded at 95.96 with a 50 day moving average of 70.40

AMN Healthcare Services (AHS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• 152.70+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 2 new highs and up 10.23% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.39%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 33.38
• Recently traded at 34.82 with a 50 day moving average of 30.12

Stamp.Com (STMP)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• 147.60+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 4 new highs and up 14.58% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.47%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 77.27%
• Recently traded at 83.85 with a 50 day moving average of 72.72

Amedisys (AMED)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• 131.00+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 10.48% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 60.30%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 44.94
• Recent traded at 46.10 with a 50 day moving average of 40.95