5 Small Cap Pics

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index for the stocks with the best technical indicators and charts.  The list today includes Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP), Ruth's Hospitality Group (RUTH), Pro-Assurance (PRA), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) and Lance (LNCE):

Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 11.82% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.92%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 65.20
• Recently traded at 66.30 with a 50 day moving average of 55.99

Ruth's Hospitality Group (RUTH)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 5 new highs and up 4.60% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 69.05%
• Barchart computes  a technical support level at 11.86
• Recently traded at 12.27 with a 50 day moving average of 10.83

Pro-Assurance (PRA)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 5 new highs and up 1.29% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.12%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 51.25
• Recently traded at 51.73 with a 50 day moving average of 49.61

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 4 new highs and up 10.48% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 64.90%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 15.10
• Recently traded at 15.350 with a 50 day moving average of 13.36

Lance (LNCE)

Barchart technical indicators;

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up 2.02% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 62.69%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 26.78
• Recently traded at 27.25 with a 50 day moving average of 25.83

5 Soaring Stocks

Today's list comes from using Barchart to sort the New High List for frequency and then pan through the charts using the Flipchart feature.  The stocks I chose were Lexington Realty Corp (LXP), Realty Income Corp (O), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC) and Genomic Health (GHDX):

Lexington Realty Trusts (LXP)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 19 new highs and up 13.12% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.57%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 12.38
• Recently traded at 13.01 with a 50 day moving average of 11.92

Realty Income Corp (O)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 19 new highs and up 12.81% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 79.73%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 50.28
• Recently traded at 51.48 with a 50 day moving average of 46.61

Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA)

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 22.46% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.52%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 4.60
• Recently traded at 4.82 with a 50 day moving average of 4.15

Napco Security Technologies (NSSC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical by signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 18 new highs and up 11.39% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 82.50%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 4.26
• Recently traded at 4.41 with a 50 day moving average of 4.00

Genomic Health (GHDX)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signals
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 23.90% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 78.22%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 29.65
• Recently traded at 33.31 with a 50 day moving average of 28.76

Disclosure:  I own VNDA and NSSC.

Lexington Realty Trust - Barchart's Chart of the Day

Summary:

Lexington Realty Trusts (LXP) is the Chart of the Day. The Trust advanced 19 times for a gain of 9.89% in the last 20 sessions.  That plus a 4.68% dividend!

Article:

The Chart of the Day is Lexington Realty Trust (LXP).  I found the stock when I sorted the New High List for frequency and this stock has gone up in 19 of the last 20 sessions for a gain of 9.89% plus it pays a 4.68% dividend.  The Relative Strength Index is 67.91%.

LXP is a real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, operation, management of a diverse portfolio of real properties.

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:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 19 new highs and up 9.89% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.91%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 12.34
• Recently traded at 12.74 with a 50 day moving average of 11.88

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $2.25 billion
• P/E 13.21
• Dividend yield 4.68%
• Revenue projected to increase 14.60% this year and another 4.10% next year
• Earnings estimated to grow 3.10% this year, an additional 5.00% next year and continue to grow 5.17% annually for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 6 strong buy and 3 hold recommendations

Hold this stock as long as it has a positive total return.

Lexington Realty Trust -- LXP - added

This afternoon I added Lexington Realty Trust (LXP) to the Barchart Van Meerten Speculative portfolio. LXP is a real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, operation, management of a diverse portfolio of real properties.

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• 16 new highs and up 13.50% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 73.30% and rising
• Trades around 9.09 with a 50 day moving average of 8.13
• Wall Street brokerages have published 5 buy and 3 hold recommendation based on projections of growth in revenue and earning
• Investor sentiment on Motley Fool has CAPS members voting 177 to 16 that the stock will beat the market with the All Stars in agreement 93 to 3

Jim Van Meerten is a professional investor with over 40 year experience in investing in stocks, mutual funds and ETFs.  He shares his knowledge on Barchart in his daily blogs -- Barchart Portfolio Blogs.

Through Marketocracy Capital Management you can have a Separately Managed Account that mirrors his Barchart Van Meerten New High portfolio.