Exelixis Inc - Chart of the Day

Exelixis (EXEL) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The biopharmaceutical company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 219.00+ and gained 282.47% in the last year.


The Chart of the Day belongs to Exelixis (EXEL).  I found the biopharmaceutical stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for the highest Weighted Alpha then again for technical buy signals of 80% or better.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 8/27 the stock gained 8.05%.

Exelixis, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing small molecule therapies for the treatment of cancer. Exelixis is focusing its development and commercialization efforts primarily on COMETRIQ' (cabozantinib), its wholly-owned inhibitor of multiple receptor tyrosine kinases. Another Exelixis-discovered compound, cobimetinib, a selective inhibitor of MEK, is being evaluated by Roche and Genentech (a member of the Roche Group) in a broad development program under a collaboration with Exelixis.

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Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• 219.00+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 4 new highs and up 15.01% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.52%
• Bar hart computes a technical support level at 5.97
• Recently traded at 6.51 with a 50 day moving average of 5.59

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $1.45 billion
• Revenue projected to grow 41.30% this year and another 130.90% next year
• Earnings are estimated to increase 41.30% this year and an additional 11.10% next year
• Wall Street analysts issued 2 strong buy and 3 hold recommendations on the stock
• The individual investors on Motley Fool voted 2,482 to 97 that the stock will beat the market

The 20-50 Day MACD Oscillator has been a reliable technical trading strategy for this stock/