The 5 Best Small Caps

I wanted to find the 5 best Small Caps so I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks for the best technical buy signals, then used the Flipchart feature to find the charts I liked.

Today's list includes Strum Ruger & Co (RGR), OM Group (OMG), Marketaxcess Holdings (MKTX), US Ecology (ECOL) and Affymetrix (AFFX):

Strum Ruger & Co (RGR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 30.14% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 82.24%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 50.95
• Recently traded at 55.78 with a 50 day moving average of 41.15

OM Group (OMG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 5.90% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.22%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 29.64
• Recently traded at 31.09 with a 50 day moving average of 29.11

Marketaxcess Holdings (MKTX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 3 new highs and up 4.91% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.28%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 77.22
• Recently traded at 84.35 with a 50 day moving average if 75.87

US Ecology (ECOL)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 15.31% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.74%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 49.06
• Recently traded at 51.47 with a 50 day moving average of 43.14

Affymetrix (AFFX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 6.58% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 70.28%
• Barchart computes a technical support leve at 11.50
• Recently traded at 12.24 with a 50 day moving average of 11.01

The 5 Best Small Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index for the stocks having the best technical indicators and charts.  The list today includes Analogic (ALOG), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Globe Specialty Metals (GSM), Affymetrix (AFFX) and Haynes International (HAYN):

Analogic (ALOG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 15.82% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.67%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 93.63
• Recently traded at 93.65 with a 50 day moving average of 82.39

West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 14.59% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.94%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 45.29
• Recently traded at 46.11 with a 50 day moving average of 40.85

Globe Specialty Metals (GSM)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 15.31% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 80.40%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 17.53
• Recently traded at 17.77 with a 50 day moving average of 15.00

Affymetrix (AFFX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 19.47% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.79%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 7.15
• Recently traded at 7.18 with a 50 day moving average of 6.16

Haynes Inrternational (HAYN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 19.90% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 82.01%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 52.67
• Recently traded at 53.62 with a 50 day moving average of 47.03

Affymetrix (AFFX) - Barchart's Chart of the Day

Summary:

Affymetrix (AFFX) is the Chart of the Day.  The molecular biology technology company has had ups and downs but is still up over 63% year to date.

Article:

The Chart of the Day is Affymetrix (AFFX).  I found the stock by sorting the New High List for frequency and this stock was near the top.  The stock hit 18 new highs and gained 44.17% in the last month and continues to climb.

The company's scientists invented the world's first high-density microarray and began selling the first commercial microarray. Since then, their GeneChip technology has become the industry standard in molecular biology research. The firm's technology is used by the world's top pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies as well as leading academic, government and not-for-profit research institutes. Their patented photolithographic manufacturing process provides the most information capacity available today on an array, enabling researchers to use a whole-genome approach to analyzing the relationship between genetics and health.

Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 18 new highs and up 44.17% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 80.51%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 4.41
• Recently traded at 5.91 with a 50 day moving average of 3.90

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $368.75 million
• Revenue projected to grow 7.80% this year and 2.20% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase by 100.00% this year and continue to increase by 33.00% annually for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysis issued 1 strong buy, 2 buy, 7 hold and 3 under perform recommendations for their clients
• Financial Strength C+

This stock has gone up and down over the year as analysts and investors changed their minds.  Watch the momentum closely and don't stay too long.

Affymetrix (AFFX) Barchart's Chart of the Day

Summary:
Affymetrix (AFFX) is today's Chart of the Day.  I found the stock at the top of the Barchart New High list when I sorted for frequency.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 1/8 the stock is up 27.50%.

Article:

The Chart of the Day is Affymetrix (AFFX).  I found the stock by sorting the Barchart New High list of stocks trading over 100K shares a day and then sorted for frequency.  Next flip through the charts using the flipchart tab.  The stock hit 15 new highs and is up 22.73% in just the past month.  The Trend Spotter also triggered a buy signal on 1/8 and the stock is up 27.50% from that point.

The Company's technology is used by pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies as well as academic, government and not-for-profit research institutes.

Barchart's Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 22.73% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.62%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 4.19
• Recently traded at 4.58 with a 50 day moving average of 3.84

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $324.47 million
• Revenue projected to increase by 12.40% this year and another 1.70% next year
• Earnings are estimated to increase by 170.00% this year, an additional 85.70% next year, and continue to increase annually at a rate of 33.00% for the next 5 years
• Analysts issued 1 strong buy, 7 hold and 2 sell recommendations
• Financial Strength C+

Exit strategy:  Consider selling if you lose 10% or the stock trades below its 50 day moving average.