The 5 Best Mid Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index to find 5 stocks with the most frequent new highs and positive gains for the last week and month.  The list includes Unit Corp (UNT), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Oshkosh Trucks (OSK), Hill-Rom Holdings (HRC) and Stancorp Financial Group (SFG):

Unit Corp (UNT)

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 9.11% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 73.13%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 50.20
• Recently traded at 50.44 with a 50 day moving average of 47.23

Minerals Technologies (MTX)

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 14.82% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 83.91%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 54.70
• Recently traded at 55.57 with a 50 day moving average of 48.48

Oshkosh Trucks (OSK)

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 9.52% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 65.12%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 51.87
• Recently traded at 52.10 with a 50 day moving average of 48.16

Hill-Rom Holdings (HRC)

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 10.15% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 79.47%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 38.37
• Recently traded at 39.16 with a 50 day moving average of 36.04

Stancorp Financial Group (SFG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 64% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 10.57% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.89%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 57.86
• Recently traded at 59.73 with a 50 day moving average of 55.31

5 Mid Cap Winners

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 400 Mid Cap Index to find the stocks with the best technical indicators and graphs.  On the list is Bob Evans Farms (BOBE), VCA Antech (WOOF),  Stancorp Financial Group (SFG), Primerica (PRI) and Mentor Graphics (MENT):

Bob Evans Farms (BOBE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 11 new highs and up 6.37% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 70.02%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 25.91
• Recently traded at 47.49 with a 50 day moving average of 43.67

VCA Antech (WOOF)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signals
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 14 new highs and up 10.56% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 69.21%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 25.91
• Recently traded at 26.41 with a 50 day moving average of 23.65

Stancorp Financial Group (SFG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 3.86% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 61.79%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 34.98
• Recently traded at 45.27 with a 50 day moving average of 44.14

Primerica (PRI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 4 new highs and up 2.58% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 58.76%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 34.98
• Recently traded at 35.41 with a 50 day moving average of 33.67

Mentor Graphics (MENT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 4.07% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 66.29
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 18.79
• Recently traded at 19.03 with a 50 day moving average of 18.03

5 Mid Cap Picks

Today I sorted the S & P 400 Mid Cap Index to find 5 stock with great Barchart technical indicators and charts.  Near the top of my list were Stancorp Financial Group (SFG), Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS), Resmed (RMD), NVR (NVR) and Integrated Device Technology (IDTI):

Stancorp Financial Group (SFG)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 12 new highs and up 6.90% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 71.74%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 34.89
• Recently traded at 35.62 with a 50 day moving average of 33.59

Reliance Steel and Aluminum (RS) 

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 30 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 5.55% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 67.96%
• Barchart computes a  technical support level at 55.79
• Recently traded at 58.60 with a 50 day moving average of 54.54

Resmed (RMD)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 7 new highs and up 7.10% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.11%
• Barchart computes  a technical support level at 41.31
• Recently traded at 42.73 with a 50 day moving average of 40.64

NVR (NVR)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• 9 new highs and up 6.68% in the last month
• Above  its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• Relative strength Index 64.40%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 886.36
• Recently traded at 931.65 with a 50 day moving average of 905.38

Integrated Device Technology (IDTI)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend spotter buy signal
• Above  its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 17 new highs and up 17.19% in the last month
• Relative strength Index 77.03%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 6.39
• Recently traded at 6.21 with a 50 day moving average of 5.92

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