Financial Tides -- A Stock Market Investing Newsletter by Jim Van Meerten: West Pharmaceutical Services

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

The 5 Best Small Cap Stocks

When I say the BEST I'm speaking in current momentum terms. Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 600 Small Cap Index stocks for new high frequency, then eliminated those that did not have positive momentum for both the last week and month.

Today's list includes Treehouse Foods (THS), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Haynes International (HAYN), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), and Suncoke Energy (SXC):

Treehouse Foods (THS)

Barchart technical indicators:

96% Barchart technical buy signals
Trend Spotter buy signal
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
18 new highs and up 11.48% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 71.17%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 74.72
Recently traded at 74.50 with a 50 day moving average of 69.06

Yes I note that the technical support level is above the current price but do not have an explanation for that.

West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)

Barchart technical indicators:

96% Barchart technical buy signals
Trend Spotter buy signal
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
18 new highs and up 16.87% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 80.52%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 46.08
Recently traded at 48.13 with a 50 day moving average of 41.57

Haynes International (HAYN)

Barchart technical indicators:

72% Barchart technical buy signals
Trend Spotter buy signal
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
16 new highs and up 19.05% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 72.27%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 53.62
Recently traded at 54.41 with a 50 day moving average of 47.77

Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL)

Barchart technical indicators:

80% Barchart technical buy signals
Trend Spotter buy signal
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
15 new highs and up 24.38% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 80.03%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 29.43
Recently traded at 30.19 with a 50 day moving average of 26.06

Suncoke Energy (SXC)

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 17.06% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 87.13%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 19.20
Recently traded at 19.95 with a 50 day moving average of 17.31

Thursday, October 24, 2013

West Pharmaceutical Services - Chart of the Day

West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) is the Chart of the Day. The pharmaceutical supplies company has a Trend Spotter buy, a Weighted Alpha of 82.00+ and had a price gain of 74.31% in the last year,

The Chart of the Day is West Pharmaceutical Services (WST). I found the stock by sorting today's New High List for frequency then used the flipchart feature to pan through the list till I found a chart I liked. This one has a nice steady rise and since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 9/9 is up 18.88%.

It applies technologies to the process of bringing new drug therapies and healthcare products. Their technologies include the design and manufacture of packaging components for pharmaceutical, healthcare and consumer products; research and development of drug delivery systems; contract manufacturing and packaging services; clinical services; and contract laboratory services and other services that support the manufacturing, filling and packaging of pharmaceutical, healthcare and consumer products.

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:

96% Barchart technical buy signals
Trend Spotter buy signal
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
17 new highs and up 14.05% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 77.08%
Barchart computes a technical support level at 45.67
Recently traded at 46.28 with a 50 day moving average of 40.69

Fundamental factors:

Market Cap $3.20 billion
P/E 32.00
Dividend yield .87%
Revenue projected to grow by 7.90% this year and another 6.60% next year
Earnings estimated to increase 15.90% this year, an additional 15.00% next year and continue to increase annually by 18.20% for the next 5 years
Wall Street analysts issued 2 strong buy and 2 hold recommendations
Financial Strength is B++

With a 74% rise in the last year I'm not sure if there is a lot of stream left but if you buy at this level please watch the 50 day moving average for your exit point.

Friday, May 10, 2013

5 Terrific Small Caps

Today's list comes from using Barchart to sort the S & P 600 Small Cap Index for the stocks having the best Barchart technical buy signals. The list includes Zumiez (ZUMZ), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Unifirst Corp (UNF) and Teletech Holdings (TTEC):

Zumiez (ZUMZ)