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

Today's 5 Best Small Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks for the ones with the highest Weighted Alpha then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

Today's list includes Lending Tree (TREE), Amedisys (AMED), Supernus Pharmaceutical (SUPN), AMN Healthcare Services (AHS), and Depomed (DEPO).

Lending Tree (TREE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Weighted Alpha of 221.30+
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 12.83% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.62%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 82.92
• Recently traded at 82.93 with a 50 day moving average of 69.61

Amedisys (AMED)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Weighted Alpha of 177.60+
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 10.63% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.34%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 42.66
• Recently traded at 44.70 with a 50 day moving average of 37.29

Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Weighted Alpha of 165.80+
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 20.31% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.98%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 19.20
• Recently traded at 20.15 with a 50 day moving average of 16.32

AMN Healthcare Services (AHS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 40% Barchart technical buy signals
• Weighted Alpha of 134.70+
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up .36% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 53.95%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 30.47
• Recently traded at 30.64 with a 50 day moving average of 28.92

Depomed (DEPO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Weighted Alpha of 128.70+
• Trend Spotter buy signals
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 42.50% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.56%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 31.91
• Recently traded at 32.89 with a 50 day moving average of 23.76