My 5 Favorite Small Caps

This morning I wanted to find the 5 Small Cap Stocks that had the best returns over the past year but still appeared to have some more room to climb.  I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks first by the highest Weighted Alpha, then by technical buy signals of 80% or more.  Next I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation.  Today's watch list includes:

Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO), Quintsteet (QNST), Solar Edge Technologies (SEDG), Control4 (CTRL), and Green Dot (GDOT)

Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 364.26+ Weighted Alpha
• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 56.18% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.25%
• Technical support level at 22.16
• Recently traded at 22.36 with a 50 day moving average of 15.98

Quinstreet (QNST)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 252.23+ Weighted Alpha
• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up 23.47% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.63%
• Technical support level at 8.53
• Recently traded at 8.85 with a 50 day moving average of 7.33

SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 208.65+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter by signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 28.07% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.58%
• Technical support level at 36.82
• Recently traded at 37.50 with a 50 day moving average of 29.96

Control4 (CTRL)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 194.39+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 2 new highs and up 11.12% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 64.87%
• Technical support level at 31.82
• Recently traded at 33.32 with a 50 day moving average of 29.18

Green Dot (GDOT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 167.06+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 15.77% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.23%
• Technical support level at 60.89
• Recently traded at 61.89 with a 50 day moving average of 53.17