Before I put up the charts, here is a table summarizing a few attributes of each stock in this week's list. I use this list as a starting point to check for red-flags and to find compelling opportunities. Ultimately I only trade when I like the price action and I'm comfortable with the fundamentals. If any of these numbers were important in my decision making for placing a trade I would confirm them at a reputable source (i.e., directly from the company's website or via my broker). Some highlights: First, I prefer stocks with Piotroski scores >7, but scores >4 are ok (here is a brief overview of Piotroski scores). Projected EPS growth is desirable, though I would also check for revenue and sales growth. I want to buy all-time highs, but I prefer to buy them when they are forming a base or after finding support at a moving average, hence low values in the SMA20 column may be close to buypoints, but check the charts. RSI (14) also puts up a flag if the stock is getting overbought it may be better to wait until a better risk-reward buypoint. The next two columns give insight into what the Institutions are doing. Since institutions are large they influence the stock price much more than individuals. An ideal candidate has a modest level of Institutional Ownership (say, between 20 and 70%) and a high rate of Institutional Transactions (ie. they are buying). Red flags go up when institutions are selling and already own most of the shares. Finally I like to check to see if the company's Long Term debt is large -- none of these stocks appear to have debt issues. So, putting that together, I like the looks of APKT, DPT, IPXL, PMIC, and SXCI.
| Information About Last Week's All-Time Highs | |||||||
| Symbol | Piotroski score | EPS next 5Y | SMA20 | RSI (14) | Inst Own | Inst Trans | LT Debt/Eq |
| AAP | 4 | 11.97% | 10.72% | 74.93 | 95.00% | -8.41% | 0.25 |
| APKT | 7 | 18.00% | 12.15% | 70.94 | 77.44% | 26.53% | 0.00 |
| AZO | 7 | 11.60% | 3.84% | 60.42 | 90.55% | -8.93% | - |
| BOOT | 4 | 17.50% | 5.09% | 68.33 | 21.53% | 1.47% | 0.00 |
| DFT | 6 | 11.90% | 8.93% | 63.42 | 83.69% | 9.51% | 0.64 |
| DG | 4 | 20.53% | 3.82% | 61.76 | 95.00% | 0.56% | 1.00 |
| DLTR | 4 | 14.11% | 2.79% | 58.14 | 93.84% | 0.94% | 0.19 |
| FDO | 7 | 13.38% | 1.16% | 56.12 | 93.25% | -2.19% | 0.17 |
| HGG | 3 | 19.84% | 8.51% | 63.71 | 58.81% | 1.25% | 0.38 |
| HTWR | 1 | - | 7.25% | 65.31 | 32.10% | 0.80% | 0.00 |
| IPXL | 7 | 15.00% | 8.57% | 63.19 | 68.60% | 4.25% | 0.00 |
| MNRO | 7 | 20.60% | 5.80% | 59.52 | 95.00% | 11.07% | 0.39 |
| NX | 7 | 10.00% | 7.49% | 64.00 | 95.00% | 4.73% | 0.00 |
| OBAF | NaN | ||||||
| ORLY | 3 | 15.78% | 5.41% | 67.93 | 95.00% | 10.01% | 0.21 |
| PMIC | 4 | - | 2.52% | 63.35 | 42.86% | 11.99% | 0.00 |
| SAM | 4 | 13.70% | 11.45% | 72.33 | 47.88% | -2.75% | 0.00 |
| SXCI | 4 | 20.43% | 10.15% | 65.54 | 89.52% | 9.42% | 0.00 |
| UHS | 4 | 9.50% | 8.06% | 66.66 | 86.58% | -0.72% | 0.49 |
| XEC | 8 | 29.07% | 8.52% | 64.23 | 89.54% | -0.40% | 0.16 |
| Data are from GrahamInvestor.com and Finviz.com | |||||||
| AAP (Advance Auto Parts Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $52.01 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $51.76 (28-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $51.37 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $51.33 (29-May-2010) | |
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| APKT (Acme Packet Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $29.50 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $29.31 (28-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $29.50 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $29.31 (29-May-2010) | |
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| AZO (AutoZone Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $195.75 (26-May-2010), Daily Close $194.57 (25-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $193.33 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $190.88 (29-May-2010) | |
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| BOOT (Lacrosse Footwear Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $19.99 (27-May-2010), Daily Close $19.52 (27-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $19.97 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $19.49 (29-May-2010) | |
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| DFT (DuPont Fabros Technology Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $26.11 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $25.54 (28-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $26.11 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $25.54 (29-May-2010) | |
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| DG (Dollar General Corp | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $31.38 (26-May-2010), Daily Close $30.64 (27-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $30.82 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $30.23 (29-May-2010) | |
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| DLTR (Dollar Tree Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $63.82 (26-May-2010), Daily Close $63.44 (25-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $63.01 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $62.59 (29-May-2010) | |
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| FDO (Family Dollar Stores Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $42.07 (26-May-2010), Daily Close $41.72 (25-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $41.14 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $40.74 (29-May-2010) | |
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| HGG (hhgregg Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $30.98 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $30.01 (28-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $30.98 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $30.01 (29-May-2010) | |
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| HTWR (HeartWare International Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $59.61 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $59.15 (28-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $59.60 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $59.15 (29-May-2010) | |
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| IPXL (Impax Laboratories Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $21.74 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $21.40 (27-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $21.74 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $21.08 (29-May-2010) | |
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| MNRO (Monro Muffler Brake Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $39.85 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $39.39 (28-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $39.85 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $39.39 (29-May-2010) | |
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| NX (Quanex Building Products Corp | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $20.25 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $19.99 (12-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $20.25 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $19.93 (29-May-2010) | |
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| OBAF (OBA Financial Services Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $11.50 (27-May-2010), Daily Close $11.50 (27-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $11.46 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $11.46 (29-May-2010) | |
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| ORLY (O'Reilly Automotive Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $51.70 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $51.02 (28-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $51.70 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $51.02 (29-May-2010) | |
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| PMIC (Penn Millers Holding Corp | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $15.00 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $14.95 (28-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $15.00 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $14.95 (29-May-2010) | |
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| SAM (Boston Beer Company Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $66.41 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $66.05 (28-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $66.41 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $66.05 (29-May-2010) | |
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| SXCI (SXC Health Solutions Corp | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $74.86 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $73.56 (28-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $74.86 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $73.56 (29-May-2010) | |
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| UHS (Universal Health Services Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $43.63 (27-May-2010), Daily Close $43.06 (27-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $43.16 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $42.38 (29-May-2010) | |
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| XEC (Cimarex Energy Co | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $74.68 (28-May-2010), Daily Close $73.48 (28-May-2010) All-time Highs (Google Finance): Intraday $74.68 (29-May-2010), Daily Close $73.48 (29-May-2010) | |
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