The 5 Worst Small Caps

Today I wanted to find the 5 worst Small Cap stocks, so I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks to find the ones with the worst technical sell signals and then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.
Today's list includes Capstead Mortgage (CMO), Oyo Geospace (GEOS), Powell Industries (POWL), Sanderson Farms (SAFM) and Nic Inc (EGOV):

Capstead Mortgage (CMO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12.29% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 31.59%
• Recently traded at 11.78 which is below its 50 day moving average of 31.59

Oyo Geospace (GEOS)

Barchart technical indicators

• 88% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 71.59% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 42.66%
• Recently traded at .25 which is below its 50 day moving average of .315

Powell Industries (POWL)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 51.49% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 29.43%
• Recently traded at 34.23 which is below its 50 day moving average of 43.80

Sanderson Farms (SAFM)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 26.18% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 37.72%
• Recently traded at 76.70 with a 50 day moving average of 84.67

Nic Inc (EGOV)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Bachart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 26.53% off its recent high
• Relative Strength Index 38.87%
• Recently traded at 15.73 which is below its 50 day moving average of 17.44

3 Small Caps with Momentum

This morning I took a list of small cap stocks that analysts think will increase earnings per share by at least 10% in the coming year and screened them through Barchart to find which had the best technical indicators and found at the top of the list Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Opnet Technologies (OPNT) and Nic Inc (EGOV):

Safety Insurance Group (SAFT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 9.76% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.58%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 44.49
• Recently traded at 45.42 with a 50 day moving average of 41.71

Opnet Technologies (OPNT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 5 new highs and up 21.41% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 70.91%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 27.41
• Recently traded at 30.56 with a 50 day moving average of 25.89

Nic Inc (EGOV)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 10.33% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.27%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 13.77
• Recently traded at 14.20 with a 50 day moving average of 12.53