5 Small Caps on the Move

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks to find the stocks with the best current momentum.  I first sorted for the most frequent advances in the last month then used the Flipchart feature to review te charts.

The stock that made the cut were DXP Enterprises (DXPE), EastGroup Properties (EGP), LTC Properties (LTC), Medical Properties Trust (MPW) and Ruby Tuesday (RT):

DXP Enterprises (DXPE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 11.49% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.55%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 107.67
• Recently traded at 111.45 with a 50 day moving average of 102.86

EastGroup Properties (EGP)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 40% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 1.64% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 55.00%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 61.96
• Recently traded at 63.40 with a 50 day moving average of 62.74

LTC Properties (LTC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 4.61% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 62.65%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 37.75
• Recently traded at 39.35 with a 50 day moving average of 38.04

Medical Properties Trust (MPW)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 4.81% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.00%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 13.17
• Recently traded at 13.46 with a 50 day moving average of 13.02

Ruby Tuesday (RT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 34.50% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 81.82%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 7.44
• Recently traded at 7.66 with a 50 day moving average of 6.23

Today's Best Small Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index by frequency in the last month.  I skipped over the stocks that did not have positive results in the last week and month then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts to select only those also trading above their 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages.

Today's list includes Eastgroup Properties (EGP), Virtusa Corp (VRTU), Analogic (ALOG), Clearwater Paper (CLW) and Questcor Pharmaceutical (QCOR):

Eastgroup Properties (EGP)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 33% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 7.02% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 61.54%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 61.30 with a 50 day moving average of 58.49

Virtusa Corp (VRTU)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 6.38% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 59.86%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 34.12
• Recently traded at 36.72 with a 50 day moving average of 35.67

Analogic (ALOG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 7.89% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 57.6%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 94.24
• Recently traded at 95.65 with a 50 day moving average of 90.99

Clearwater Paper (CLW)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 28.47% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 85.50%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 64.88
• Recently traded at 66.38 with a 50 day moving average of 54.17

Questcor Pharmaceutical (QCOR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 25.45% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 66.60%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 67.08
• Recently traded at 68.87 with a 50 day moving average of 58.36