S&P 400 Mid Cap Winners

I wanted to find which S&P 400 Mid Cap stocks had the highest price appreciation in the past year.  I used Barchart to sort the Index for those winners.  I noticed that the winners weren't stocks that just jumped over night but each had a long and consistent pattern of hitting a series of new highs all during the year.

The list includes SunEdison (SUNE) 193.07%, RF Micro Devices (RFMD) 157.66%, Salix Pharmaceutical (SLXP) 137.53%, Trinity Industries (TRN) 135.24% and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) 121.96%:

SunEdison (SUNE) 193.07%

Barchart technical indicators:

• 16% Barchart technical sell signal
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below its 20 and 50 day moving averages
• 50 new highs and up 193.07% in the last year
• Relative Strength Index 47.89%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 20.82
• Recently traded at 21.78 with a 50 day moving average of 21.92

RF Micro Devices (RFMD) 157.66%

Bachart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 63 new highs and up 157.66% in the last year
• Relative Strength Index 71.37%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 12.28
• Recently traded at 12.84 with a 50 day moving average of 10.77

Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP) 137.53%

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 34 new highs and up 137.53% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.14%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 155.44
• Recently traded at 157.88 with a 50 day moving aerae of 137.61

Trinity Industries (TRN) 135.24%

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 54 new highs and up 135.24% in the last year
• Relative Strength Index 71.86%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 47.95
• Recently traded at 50.20 with a 50 day moving average of 44.79

Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) 121.96%

Barchart technical indicators:

• 98% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 55 new highs and up 121.96% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.34%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 55.46
• Recently traded at 56.12 with a 50 day moving average of 51.23

S&P 400 Mid Cap YTD Winners

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Stock Index to see which stocks were the YTD winners.  I then use the Flipchart feature to review the charts and noted that some of them seem to have run our of gas or in the case of Hillshire Brands made good acquisition targets.

The list includes Hillshire Brands (HSH) 87.65%, RF Micro Devices (RFMD) 83.14%, SunEdison (SUNE) 65.21%, Royal Gold (RGLD) 62.64%, and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) 61.17%:

Hillshire Brands (HSH)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 80% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20,050 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs and up 6.50% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 88.48%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 62.60
• Recently traded at 62.78 with a 50 day moving average of 50.30

RF Micro Devices (RFMD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 16% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Below its 20 day moving averages
• 4 new highs but down 1.56% for the last month
• Relative Strength Index 4753%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 9.54
• Recently traded at 9.48 with a 50 day moving average of 9.31

SunEdison (SUNE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Below its 20 day moving average
• 9 new highs and up 9.89% for the last month
• Relative Strength Index 51.66%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 21.21
• Recently traded at 21.28 with a 50 day moving average of 20.08

Royal Gold (RGLD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 72% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above ts 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 16.88% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.20%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 73.51
• Recently traded at 74.66 with a 50 day moving average of 67.30

Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 32% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Below its 20 day moving averages
• 4 new highs and up 1.67% for the last month
• Relative Strength Index 48.79%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 46.48
• Recently traded at 43.32 with a 50 day moving average of 44.39

The 5 Best Mid Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index to find the stocks with the highest Barchart short term buy signals.  Among the highest ranking stocks were Telephone and Data Services (TDS), RF Micro Devices (RFMD), National Fuel Gas Company (NFG), Intersil Corp (ISIL), and  AGCO Corp (AGCO):

Telephone and Data Services (TDS)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signals
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 4 new highs and up 4.46% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.84%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 28.11
• Recently traded at 29.46 with a 50 day moving average of 28.02

RF Micor Devices (RFMD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new  highs and up 16.14% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 74.23%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 5.46
• Recently traded at 5.81 with a 50 day moving average of 5.21

National Fuel Gas Co (NFG)

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 2.04% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 63.26%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 66.32
• Recently traded at 68.13 with a 50 day moving average of 65.60

Intersel Corp (ISIL)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 6 new highs and up 6.76% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 63.82%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 10.58
• Recently traded at 11.16 with a 50 day moving average of 10.36

AGCO Corp (AGCO)

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 6.76% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 72.42%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 59.61
• Recently traded at 61.30 with a 50 day average of 57.19