The 5 Best Small Cap Stocks

When I say the BEST I'm speaking in current momentum terms.  Today I used Barchart to sort the     S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks for new high frequency, then eliminated those that did not have positive momentum for both the last week and month.

Today's list includes Treehouse Foods (THS), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST),  Haynes International (HAYN), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), and Suncoke Energy (SXC):

Treehouse Foods (THS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 18 new highs and up 11.48% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.17%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 74.72
• Recently traded at 74.50 with a 50 day moving average of 69.06

Yes I note that the technical support level is above the current price but do not have an explanation for that.

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
• 18 new highs and up 16.87% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 80.52%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 46.08
• Recently traded at 48.13 with a 50 day moving average of 41.57

Haynes International (HAYN)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 19.05% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.27%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 53.62
• Recently traded at 54.41 with a 50 day moving average of 47.77

Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 24.38% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 80.03%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 29.43
• Recently traded at 30.19 with a 50 day moving average of 26.06

Suncoke Energy (SXC)

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 17.06% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 87.13%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 19.20
• Recently traded at 19.95 with a 50 day moving average of 17.31

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