My 5 Favorite Small Caps

This morning I wanted to find the 5 Small Cap Stocks that had the best returns over the past year but still appeared to have some more room to climb.  I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks first by the highest Weighted Alpha, then by technical buy signals of 80% or more.  Next I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation.  Today's watch list includes:

Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO), Quintsteet (QNST), Solar Edge Technologies (SEDG), Control4 (CTRL), and Green Dot (GDOT)

Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 364.26+ Weighted Alpha
• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 13 new highs and up 56.18% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.25%
• Technical support level at 22.16
• Recently traded at 22.36 with a 50 day moving average of 15.98

Quinstreet (QNST)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 252.23+ Weighted Alpha
• 88% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up 23.47% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.63%
• Technical support level at 8.53
• Recently traded at 8.85 with a 50 day moving average of 7.33

SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 208.65+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter by signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 28.07% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.58%
• Technical support level at 36.82
• Recently traded at 37.50 with a 50 day moving average of 29.96

Control4 (CTRL)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 194.39+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 2 new highs and up 11.12% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 64.87%
• Technical support level at 31.82
• Recently traded at 33.32 with a 50 day moving average of 29.18

Green Dot (GDOT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 167.06+ Weighted Alpha
• 96% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 15.77% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.23%
• Technical support level at 60.89
• Recently traded at 61.89 with a 50 day moving average of 53.17

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

QuinStreet - Chart of the Day

QuinStreet (QNST) is the Barchart Chart of the Day.  The online direct marketing company has a Trend Spotter buy signals, a Weighted Alpha of 180.29 and gained 137.30% in the last year.

The Chart of the Day belongs to QuinStreet (QNST).  I found the online direct marketing stock by using Barchart to sort today's Top Stock to Own list first by the highest Weighted Alpha, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or more.

QuinStreet Inc, is a provider of online direct marketing and media services. The Company offers online messaging, email broadcasting, search engine marketing, and brand management services. It caters to education, financial services, healthcare, advertising, and tourism sectors. QuinStreet, Inc. also operates web portal which offers comprehensive consumer information service and companion insurance brokerage service to self-directed insurance shoppers. The Company vigilantly manages brand and regulatory compliance using proprietary technologies and staff. It does not support or use spyware, spam, or promotions that cheat customers. QuinStreet Inc. is headquartered in Foster City, California.

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Barchart technical indicators:

• 180.29+ Weighted Alpha
• 100% technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 62.91%
• Relative Strength index 88.12%
• Technical support level at 7.17
• Recently traded at 7.38 with a 50 day moving average of 4.60

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $326 million
• Revenue expected to grow 10.00% this year and another 5.70% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 90.90% this year, an additional 14.30% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 46.53% for the next 5 years
• Only 1 Wall Street analyst is following the stock and rates it a strong buy
• So yo have more data - The individual investors following the stock on Motley Fool voted 20 to 8 that the stock will beat the market

#QNST