Omega Protein - Chart of the Day

Omega Protein (OME) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The fish oil supplement company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 71.00+ and gained 37.95% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Omega Protein (OME).  I found the fish oil supplement stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for a Weighted Alpha of 50.00+ or more, then for technical buy signals of 80% or better and a 50-100 Day MACD Oscillator buy signal.  Lastly I always use the  Flipchart feature to review the charts.  That filtering reduced 3000 stock down to the best 77.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 9/18 the stock gained 12.84%

Omega Protein Corporation, headquartered in Houston, is one of the nation's leading producers of edible fish oil, which is high in nutritionally desirable Omega-3 fatty acids and is used in a variety of food products. Omega Protein also produces specialty fish meals for use in livestock feeds, and fish solubles which are used as an organic fertilizer and in other applications. 

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Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• 71.00+ Weighted Alpha
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up 9.85% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.49%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 16.65
• Recently traded at 19.54 with  50 day moving average of 17.24

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $424.19 million
• P/E 18.76
• Revenue expected to grow 19.40% this year and another 10.00% next year
• Earnings estimated to decrease .80% this year but increase again by 24.40% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 8.00% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 3 strong buy and 1 hold recommendation on the stock
• The individual investors on Motley Fool voted 131 to 12 that the stock will beat the market

The 50-100 Day MACD Oscillator has been a reliable technical trading strategy for this stock.