Oclaro - Chart of the Day

Oclaro (OCLR) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The optic fiber device company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 246.20+ and gained 274.57% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to Oclaro (OCLR).  I found the optic fiber device stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for the highest Weighted Alpha, then I reviewed the charts using the Flipchart feature.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 7/12 the stock gained 69.96%.

Oclaro, with headquarters in San Jose, California, is a tier 1 provider of high performance optical components, modules and subsystems to the telecommunications market, and is one of the largest providers to metro and long haul network applications. Oclaro, the result of the combination of Bookham, Inc. and Avanex Corporation, leverages proprietary core technologies and vertically integrated product development to provide its customers with cost-effective and innovative optical devices, modules and subsystems. Its photonic technologies also serve selected potential high growth markets, including industrial, defense, life sciences, semiconductor, and scientific, with diversification providing both significant potential revenue streams and strategic technological advantage. Oclaro is a global company, with leading chip fabrication facilities in the UK, Switzerland and Italy, and manufacturing sites in the US, Thailand and China.

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Barchart technical indicators:

• 32% technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 8.23% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 56.02%
• Technical support level at 8.39
• Recently traded at 8.58 with a 50 day moving average of 7.49

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $963.88 million
• P/E 126.29
• Revenue expected to grow 46.00% this year and another 33.00% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 129.40% this year, an additional 30.80% next year and continue to increase at an annual rate of 15.00% of r the next 5 years
• Wall Street Analysts issued 8 strong buy and 1 hold recommendation on the stock