5 Best Stocks Hitting All Time Highs

This morning I wanted to find 5 stocks hitting All Time Highs that still had some room left to increase.  I used Barchart to sort that hit All Time Highs this morning first by the highest Weighted Alpha then again for Technical Buy Signals of 80% or more.  The I always use the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation.  Today's Watch List includes:

Ultra Clean (UCTT), Corcept Therapeutic (CORT), Chemours (CC), OraSure Technology (OSUR) and Beigene (BGNE)

Ultra Clean (UCTT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 300.86+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 34.70% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.52%
• Technical support level at 29.94
• Recently traded at 31.50 with a 50 day moving average of 24.36

Corcept Therapeutics (CORT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 212.53+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 15.71% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 70.07%
• Technical support level at 18.93
• Recently traded at 19.39 with a 50 day moving average of 15.72

Chemours (CC)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 201.40+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 4.38% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 64.74%
• Technical support level at 49.86
• Recently traded at 52.31 with a 50 day moving average of 48.58

OraSure Technology (OSUR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 197.84+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 8.88% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.14%
• Technical support level at 22.22
• Recently traded at 22.58 with a 50 day moving average of 20.66

Beigene (BGNE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 188.13+ Weighted Alpha
• 100% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 38.39% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 79.90%
• Technical support level at 98.57
• Recently traded at 104.16 with a 50 day moving average of 76.16

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#UCTT #CORT #CC #OSUR #BGNE

5 Terrific Small Caps

This morning I wanted to find 5 Small Cap stocks that had great past performance but still had current price momentum.  I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks first for the highest Weighted Alpha then again for Technical Buy Signals of  80% or more.  I always use the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent momentum.  Today's Watch List includes:

Scientific Games (SGMS), OraSure Technologies (OSUR), QuinStreet (QNST),                         Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO) and Control4 Corp (CTRL)

Scientific Games (SGMS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 232.60+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 28.61% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 84.32%
• Technical support level at 43.73
• Recently traded at 44.95 with a 50 day moving average of 36.53

OraSure Technologies (QSUR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 199.00+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 11.98% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.15%
• Technical support level at 22.05
• Recently traded at 22.71 with a 50 day moving average of 20.40

QuinStreet (QNST)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 184.10+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• 10 new highs and up 44.05% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 76.46%
• Technical support level at 7.13
• Recently traded at 7.39 with a 50 day moving average of 4.92

Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 173.70+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up 13.59% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.29%
• Technical support level at 13.33
• Recently traded at 13.67 with a 50 day moving average of 11.22

Control4 Corp (CTRL)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 158.20+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 25.73% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.63%
• Technical support level at 28.54
• Recently traded at 29.22 with a 50 day moving average of 24.77

#SGMS #OSUR #QNST #ESIO #CTRL

OraSure Technologies - Chart of the Day

OraSure Technologies (OSUR) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The medical products company has a Trend Spotter buy signal, a Weighted Alpha of 204.51+ and gained 151.98% in the last year.

 The Chart of the Day belongs to OraSure Technologies (OSUR). I found the medical products stock by using Barchart to sort today's Top Stocks to Own list first by the highest Weighted Alpha, then again by technical buy signals of 80% or more.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 6/23 the stock gained 14.73%

OraSure Technologies, Inc. is the market leader for oral fluid diagnostics. The Company develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and diagnostic products for use by insurance companies, public health agencies, clinical laboratories, physicians' offices, and workplace sites.

The status of 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% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 20.22% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 81.47%
• Technical support level at 17.65
• Recently traded at 17.84 with a 50 day moving average of 14.82

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $1.02 billion
• P/E 33.27
• Revenue expected to grow 10.20% this year and another 4.00% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 20.00% this year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 20.00% for the next 5 years
• Wall Street analysts issued 2 strong buy and 2 buy recommendations on the stock

MORNING CALL 2/9

Barchart Morning Call

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OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS

Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.19%) are up +0.22% and European stocks are up +0.93% on the heels of a rally in European bank stocks. Societe Generale SA is up almost 2% as it leads European bank stocks higher after reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings results. A +0.96% rally in Mar WTI crude oil (CLH17 +0.61%) is giving energy producing stocks a lift as well. Asian stocks settled mostly higher: Japan -0.53%, Hong Kong +0.17%, China +0.51%, Taiwan +0.49%, Australia +0.23%, Singapore +0.44%, South Korea -0.01%, India +0.14%. China's Shanghai Composite climbed to a 1-3/4 month high as Chinese exporters rallied after trade concerns with the U.S. eased when President Trump sent Chinese President Xi Jinping a letter saying he is looking forward to a constructive relationship between the two countries.

The dollar index (DXY00 +0.08%) is up +0.02%. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is down -0.14%. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is up +0.39%.

Mar 10-year T-note prices (ZNH17 -0.16%) are down -6 ticks.

The German Dec trade balance shrank to a surplus of +18.7 billion euros, smaller than expectations of +20.5 billion euros and the smallest surplus in 11 months. Dec exports fell -3.3% m/m. weaker than expectations of -1.3% m/m and the biggest monthly decline in 16 months. Dec imports were unch m/m, stronger than expectations of -1.1% m/m.

U.S. STOCK PREVIEW

Key U.S. news today includes: (1) weekly initial unemployment claims (expected +3,000 to 249,000, previous -14,000 to 246,000) and continuing claims (expected -6,000 to 2.058 million, previous -39,000 to 2.064 million), (2) St. Louis Fed President James Bullard (non-voter) speaks on the U.S. economy and monetary policy at a finance forum at Washington University in St. Louis, (3) revised Dec wholesale inventories (expected unrevised from prelim-Dec +1.0%. Dec wholesale trade sales, Nov +0.4% m/m), (4) Treasury auctions $15 billion of 30-year T-bonds, (5) Chicago Fed President Charles Evans (voter) speaks about current economic conditions and monetary policy at the CFA Society of Chicago, (6) USDA weekly Export Sales, (7) USDA Feb WASDE crop production.

Notable S&P 500 earnings reports today include: Coca-Cola (consensus $0.37), Kellogg (0.85), Yum Brands (0.74), Viacom (0.84), Cummins (2.00), Regeneron (3.04), VeriSign (0.88), Expedia (1.37), News Corp (0.18).

U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today: Foundation Building Materials (FBM), Sachem Capital (SACH), Clipper Realty (CLPR).

Equity conferences: Cowen Aerospace/Defense & Industrials Conference on Wed-Thu.

OVERNIGHT U.S. STOCK MOVERS

Paycom Software (PAYC -0.31%) rallied 10% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 18 cents, higher than consensus of 13 cents, and then said it sees Q1 revenue of $114.5 million-$116.5 million, above consensus of $113.8 million.

Twitter (TWTR +2.52%) tumbled 9% in pre-market trading after it reported Q4 revenue of $717 million, below consensus of $740 million.

Imperva (IMPV +0.59%) jumped nearly 9% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 32 cents, well above consensus of 2 cents, and then said it sees 2017 adjusted EPS of 31 cents-24 cents, stronger than consensus of 10 cents.

PayPal Holdings (PYPL +2.15%) lost nearly 2% in after-hours trading after it said it received subpoenas from the DOJ asking for information related to anti-money laundering.

iRobot (IRBT -1.05%) dropped 7% in after-hours trading after it said it sees 2017 EPS of $1.35-$1.65, below consensus of $1.74.

FleetCar Technologies (FLT +1.68%) climbed 6% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of $1.90, above consensus of $1.87, and said it sees 2017 adjusted EPS of $8.10-$6.30 the midpoint above consensus of $8.16.

Zendesk (ZEN -0.28%) jumped 6% in after-hours trading after it reported a Q4 EPS loss of -4 cents, narrower than consensus of -6 cents, and said it sees full-year revenue of $415 million-$425 million, above consensus of $410.3 million.

Pilgrim's Pride (PPC +0.37%) dropped 3% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 30 cents, well below consensus of 40 cents.

TTM Technologies (TTMI +2.43%) rallied 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 58 cents, higher than consensus of 45 cents, and then said it sees Q1 adjusted EPS of 25 cents-31 cents, above consensus of 24 cents.

CoreCivic (CXW +1.27%) gained over 2% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 revenue of $464.1 million, higher than consensus of $459 million.

TrueBlue (TBI -0.62%) slid over 6% in after-hours trading after it forecast Q1 adjusted EPS of 9 cents-14 cents, weaker than consensus of 17 cents.

PCM Inc. (PCMI +1.44%) rallied over 9% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 adjusted EPS of 51 cents, better than consensus of 45 cents.

Qualys (QLYS +0.27%) dropped over 7% in after-hours trading after it said it sees Q1 adjusted EPS of 17 cents-19 cents, weaker than consensus of 21 cents, and then said its sees 2017 adjusted EPS of 81 cents-86 cents, below consensus of 92 cents.

Sterling Construction (STRL -1.15%) fell 8% in after-hours trading after it reported a Q4 preliminary net loss of -$5.5 million to -$6.5 million, well below a prior forecast of breakeven.

OraSure Technologies (OSUR +0.34%) jumped 12% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 EPS of 13 cents, stronger than consensus of 6 cents, and then said it sees Q1 revenue of $31 million-$31.5 million, better than consensus of $29.7 million.

Student Transportation (STB +1.63%) rose 3% in after-hours trading after it was awarded a 10-year, $187 million contract starting July 1 to provide the Duval County School District in Jacksonville, Florida, with 230 school vehicles.

MARKET COMMENTS

Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH17 +0.19%) this morning are up +5.00 points (+0.22%). Wednesday's closes: S&P 500 +0.07%, Dow Jones -0.18%, Nasdaq +0.21%. The S&P 500 on Wednesday closed higher on strength in energy producing stocks after crude oil prices recovered from a 3-week low and closed up +0.33%, and on reduced interest rate concerns after the 10-year T-note yield fell to a 3-week low. Technology stocks rallied as the Nasdaq Composite posted a fresh all-time high.

Mar 10-year T-notes (ZNH17 -0.16%) this morning are down -6 ticks. Wednesday's closes: TYH7 +8.00, FVH7 +4.75. Mar 10-year T-notes on Wednesday rallied to a 2-1/2 month high and closed higher on carry-over support from a rally in German bunds to a 3-week high as heightened political risks in Europe have boosted the safe-haven demand for government debt. T-notes also rallied on reduced inflation expectations after the 10-year T-note breakeven inflation rate fell to a 4-week low. T-notes fell back from their best levels on weak demand for the Treasury's $23 billion 10-year T-note auction that had a bid-to-cover-ratio of 2.29, weaker than the 12-auction average of 2.50.

The dollar index (DXY00 +0.08%) this morning is up +0.02 (+0.02%). EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is down -0.0015 (-0.14%). USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is up +0.44 (+0.39%). Wednesday's closes: Dollar index -0.070 (-0.07%), EUR/USD +0.0015 (+0.14%), USD/JPY -0.46 (-0.41%). The dollar index on Wednesday closed lower on weakness in USD/JPY as political risks in Europe boosted the safe-haven demand for the yen and on the fall in the 10-year T-note yield to a 3-week low, which undercuts the dollar's interest rate differentials.

Mar WTI crude oil prices (CLH17 +0.61%) this morning are up +50 cents (+0.96%) and Mar gasoline (RBH17 +0.47%) is +0.0125 (+0.81%). Wednesday's closes: Mar crude +0.17 (+0.33%), Mar gasoline +0.0652 (+4.38%). Mar crude oil rebounded from a 3-week low and Mar gasoline recovered from a 2-1/4 month low on on a weaker dollar and on the unexpected decline in EIA gasoline inventories by -869,000 bbl (versus expectations for a +1.5 million bbl increase). Crude oil prices were undercut by the +13.83 million bbl surge in EIA crude oil inventories to an 8-1/2 month high (well above expectations of +2.5 million bbl) and by the +0.7% increase in U.S. crude production in the week of Feb 3 to a 10-month high of 8.978 million bpd.

GLOBAL EVENT CALENDAR02/09/2017

		Thursday, Feb 9
US	0830 ET	Weekly initial unemployment claims expected +3,000 to 249,000, previous -14,000 to 246,000. Weekly continuing claims expected -6,000 to 2.058 million, previous -39,000 to 2.064 million.
	0830 ET	USDA weekly Export Sales.
	0910 ET	St. Louis Fed President James Bullard (non-voter) speaks on the U.S. economy and monetary policy at a finance forum at Washington University in St. Louis.
	1000 ET	Revised Dec wholesale inventories expected unrevised from prelim-Dec +1.0%. Dec wholesale trade sales, Nov +0.4% m/m.
	1200 ET	USDA Feb WASDE crop production.
	1300 ET	Treasury auctions $15 billion of 30-year T-bonds.
	1310 ET	Chicago Fed President Charles Evans (voter) speaks about current economic conditions and monetary policy at the CFA Society of Chicago.
		Friday, Feb 10
US	0830 ET	Jan import price index expected +0.3% m/m and +3.3% y/y, Dec +0.4% m/m and +1.8% y/y.
	1000 ET	Preliminary-Feb University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index expected -0.6 to 97.9, Jan +0.3 to 98.5.
	1400 ET	Jan monthly budget statement expected +$43.0 billion, Dec -$27.5 billion.
	n/a	President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Abe meet in Washington.

U.S. STOCK CALENDAR02/09/2017

Company	Ticker	Time	Event Description	Period	Estimate
Cummins Inc	CMI US	Bf-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	2.001
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc	REGN US	Bf-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	3.047
Roper Technologies Inc	ROP US	Bf-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	1.835
Coty Inc	COTY US	Bf-mkt	Q2 2017 Earnings Release	Q2 2017	0.341
Reynolds American Inc	RAI US	Bf-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.602
DTE Energy Co	DTE US	Bf-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.855
Willis Towers Watson PLC	WLTW US	Bf-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	1.61
Teradata Corp	TDC US	Bf-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.602
Viacom Inc	VIAB US	Bf-mkt	Q1 2017 Earnings Release	Q1 2017	0.834
Allegion PLC	ALLE US	Bf-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.873
Nielsen Holdings PLC	NLSN US	6:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.794
Coca-Cola Co/The	KO US	6:55	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.367
CVS Health Corp	CVS US	6:55	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	1.668
Masco Corp	MAS US	7:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.344
Occidental Petroleum Corp	OXY US	7:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	-0.017
Yum! Brands Inc	YUM US	7:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.728
Sealed Air Corp	SEE US	7:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.743
Kellogg Co	K US	8:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.853
Masco Corp	MAS US	8:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
BorgWarner Inc	BWA US	8:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.838
Coty Inc	COTY US	8:00	Q2 2017 Earnings Call	Q2 2017
Dun & Bradstreet Corp/The	DNB US	8:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Allegion PLC	ALLE US	8:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Nielsen Holdings PLC	NLSN US	8:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Yum! Brands Inc	YUM US	8:15	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Equifax Inc	EFX US	8:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
CVS Health Corp	CVS US	8:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc	REGN US	8:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Roper Technologies Inc	ROP US	8:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Teradata Corp	TDC US	8:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Viacom Inc	VIAB US	8:30	Q1 2017 Earnings Call	Q1 2017
Coca-Cola Co/The	KO US	9:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
DTE Energy Co	DTE US	9:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Willis Towers Watson PLC	WLTW US	9:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Kellogg Co	K US	9:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
BorgWarner Inc	BWA US	9:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Cummins Inc	CMI US	10:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Occidental Petroleum Corp	OXY US	10:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Intel Corp	INTC US	10:00	Investor Meeting	Y 2017
Sealed Air Corp	SEE US	10:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Tyson Foods Inc	TSN US	11:00	Annual General Meeting	Y 2017
Cincinnati Financial Corp	CINF US	11:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Prudential Financial Inc	PRU US	11:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Coca-Cola Co/The	KO US	11:30	Financial Modeling Call
Western Union Co/The	WU US	16:00	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.427
VeriSign Inc	VRSN US	16:05	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.884
NVIDIA Corp	NVDA US	16:20	Q4 2017 Earnings Release	Q4 2017	0.938
Activision Blizzard Inc	ATVI US	16:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Cerner Corp	CERN US	16:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Western Union Co/The	WU US	16:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
VeriSign Inc	VRSN US	16:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
Expedia Inc	EXPE US	16:30	Q4 2016 Earnings Call	Q4 2016
NVIDIA Corp	NVDA US	17:00	Q4 2017 Earnings Call	Q4 2017
News Corp	NWSA US	17:00	Q2 2017 Earnings Call	Q2 2017
Activision Blizzard Inc	ATVI US	Aft-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.723
Cerner Corp	CERN US	Aft-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	0.609
Mohawk Industries Inc	MHK US	Aft-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	3.22
Expedia Inc	EXPE US	Aft-mkt	Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	1.359
News Corp	NWSA US	Aft-mkt	Q2 2017 Earnings Release	Q2 2017	0.196
Varian Medical Systems Inc	VAR US	19:30	Annual General Meeting	Y 2017
Advance Auto Parts Inc	AAP US		Q4 2016 Earnings Release	Q4 2016	1.084