5 Best Small Caps

I wanted to find 5 good small caps with very consistent momentum.  I used Barchart to sort the  S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks for the 5 with the most frequent new highs in the last month, ten used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.

Today's list includes Tessera Technologies (TSRA), Higher One Holdings (ONE), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Triquint Semiconductor (TQNT) and DineEquity (DIN):

Tessera Technologies (TSRA)

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 26.36% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.78%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 33.53
• Recently traded at 34.46 with a 50 day moving average of 28.80

Higher One Holdings (ONE)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 24% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 51.27% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 61.31%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 3.44
• Recently traded at 3.63 with a 50 day moving average of 2.86

Kaiser Aluminum (KALU)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 16% Barchart technical sell signals
• Trend Spotter hold signal
• Above its 20 and 50 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 5.16% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 51.20%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 71.27
• Recently traded at 73.17 with a 50 day moving average of 73.11

Triquint Semiconductor (TQNT)

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Bachart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 15 new highs and up 32.23% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 66.20%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 23.89
• Recently traded at 24.00 with a 50 day moving average of 20.09

DineEquity (DIN)

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 11.36% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 83.09%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 96.75
• Recently traded at 97.89 with a 50 day moving average of 87.08

The S&P 600 Small Cap YTD winners

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks to find who were the YTD price gainers.  Some have some steam left, and some are beginning to run out of steam.
The list includes Pioneer Energy Services (PES), Albany Molecular Research (AMRI), Triquint Semiconductor (TQNT), GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT), Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE):

Pioneer Energy Services (PES) 124.47%

Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barcart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signals
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 9.02% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 68.13%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 16.69
• Recently traded at 17.88 with a 50 day moving average of 15.94

Albany Molecular Research (AMRI) 108.33%

Barchart technical indicators:

• 88% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 2, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 9 new highs and up 20.31% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 69.23%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 20.71
• Recently traded at 21.14 with a 50 day moving average of 17.64

Triquint Semiconductor (TQNT) 89.81%

Barchart technical indicators:

• 40% Barchart technical buy signal
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Below its 20 day moving average but above it's 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 5 new highs but down 1.67% for the month
• Relative Strength Index 49.83%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 15.35
• Recently traded at 15.81 with a 50 day moving average of 15.52

Advanced Technologies (GTAT) 87.61%

Barchart technical indicators:

• 40 % Barchart technical sell signal
• Trend Spotter sell signal
• Below ts 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 8 new highs but down .12% for the month
• Relative Strength Index 40.10%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 15.16
• Recently traded at 16.13 with a 50 day moving average of 16.60

Green Plain Renewable Energy (GPRE) 81.89%

Barchart technical indicators:

• 100% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend Spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 12.97% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 77.16%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 32.19
• Recently traded at 35.37 with a 50 day moving average of 30.08

Triquint Semiconductor - Barchart's Chart of the Day

Summary:

Triquint Semiconductor (TQNT) is the Chart of the Day. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 3/27 the stock has gained 42.82%.  The Relative Strength Index is a solid 84.29%.

Article:

The Chart of the Day is Triquint Semiconductor (TQNT).  The stock was up in 16 of the last 20 sessions and gained 20.10% in the last month.  Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 3/27 the stock is up 42.82%.  I found the stock on the New High List when I sorted for frequency.

The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of high performance analog and mixed signal integrated circuits for communications markets. The integrated circuits are incorporated into a variety of communications products, including cellular phones and pagers, fiber optic telecommunications equipment, satellite communications systems, high performance data networking products and aerospace applications.

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Barchart technical indicators:

• 96% Barchart technical buy signals
• Trend spotter buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 16 new highs and up 20.10% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 84.29%
• Barchart computes a technical support level at 6.85
• Recently traded at 7.17 with a 50 day moving average of 5.62

Fundamental factors:

• Market Cap $1.15 billion
• Revenue projected to grow 4.30% this year and another 14.00% next year
• Earnings estimated to increase 381.80% this year and an additional 13.33% next year
• Wall Street analysts issued 2 strong buy, 9 hold and 1 sell recommendation
• Financial Strength C++

Exit your position if the stock drops below its 50 day moving average.