Some things that caught my attention in the table:
- Lots of high Piotroski scores (7s and 8s) is a positive sign (what is a Piotroski score?)
- All the stocks have positive EPS growth projections, most are not too far above their 20-day moving average, and most are not overbought or oversold.
- A few stocks have low-to-moderate Institutional Ownership and positive Institutional Transactions, which means institutions are adding to their positions (or at least they were at the last reporting period)
- One stock that I hadn't paid much attention to before but will look into is APKT (Acme Packet Inc.) since it has a good Piotroski Score, no debt, and good institutional action. I wouldn't buy this name unless I liked the price action (trend etc.) and read about the company enough to decide whether it has the potential to become a 'Story Stock' (from the company name I don't have a lot of hope!). Basically, I like it when a company's growth story can be easily explained to a lay-person in two or three sentences. If it involves a "revolutionary" new technology or a "crisis" of some kind, that's ideal. In addition to real growth, a good story gives the possibility that the stock might develop into a bubble that can be give big profits to those who know how to spot a trend and stick to an exit plan.
- Heartware International (HTWR) has a low Piotroski score but this might be because it is a new company. I like the institutional action and it has a good chart, so I will investigate further.
| Information About Last Week's All-Time Highs | ||||||||
| Symbol | Sector | Piotroski score | EPS next 5Y | SMA20 | RSI (14) | Inst Own | Inst Trans | LT Debt/Eq |
| AMMD | Healthcare | 7 | 12.17% | 5.09% | 65.37 | 95.00% | -1.89% | 0.53 |
| APKT | Technology | 7 | 18.00% | 0.94% | 53.94 | 76.75% | 24.50% | 0.00 |
| ASPS | Financial | 4 | 20.00% | 9.87% | 67.65 | 48.60% | -6.60% | - |
| BOOT | Consumer Goods | 4 | 17.50% | 4.22% | 61.25 | 21.51% | 1.47% | 0.00 |
| CIB | Financial | 3 | 13.70% | 4.09% | 56.09 | 14.96% | -4.47% | 0.61 |
| CPEX | Healthcare | 2 | - | 8.52% | 70.10 | 17.80% | -23.00% | - |
| CRM | Technology | 4 | 29.55% | 5.88% | 57.30 | 88.92% | -4.00% | 0.40 |
| CSTR | Consumer Goods | 8 | 27.83% | 1.97% | 59.47 | - | -16.60% | 1.03 |
| DG | Services | 4 | 20.53% | 1.76% | 55.12 | 95.00% | 0.06% | 1.00 |
| DISCA | Services | 5 | 21.09% | -1.04% | 49.44 | 46.27% | 2.98% | 0.51 |
| DTV | Technology | 8 | 18.33% | 1.12% | 54.12 | 82.00% | -11.01% | 2.88 |
| DVOX | Technology | NaN | 17.50% | 8.29% | - | - | - | - |
| EVVV | Healthcare | 7 | 24.33% | 15.21% | 72.80 | 67.51% | 3.66% | 0.00 |
| EW | Healthcare | 3 | 18.43% | 3.70% | 54.92 | 89.13% | 3.64% | 0.11 |
| GCBC | Financial | 4 | - | 7.80% | 62.55 | 1.17% | -200.90% | 0.00 |
| GIS | Consumer Goods | 7 | 8.80% | 1.42% | 56.43 | 73.20% | -1.43% | 0.91 |
| HGG | Services | 3 | 19.63% | -2.06% | 47.09 | 57.38% | -2.29% | 0.35 |
| HTWR | Healthcare | 1 | - | 9.15% | 67.49 | 41.03% | 45.12% | 0.00 |
| IPXL | Healthcare | 7 | 15.00% | 1.99% | 53.83 | 67.34% | 1.39% | 0.00 |
| LFL | Services | 3 | 10.00% | 0.39% | 50.83 | 7.43% | -1.60% | - |
| LNCR | Healthcare | 8 | 15.50% | 3.12% | 55.25 | 95.00% | 1.81% | 0.51 |
| MIL | Healthcare | 7 | 11.10% | 0.36% | 57.25 | 89.12% | -3.50% | 0.56 |
| NEOG | Healthcare | 7 | 19.00% | 1.79% | 52.47 | 72.33% | 4.08% | 0.00 |
| NX | Industrial Goods | 7 | 10.00% | 4.08% | 56.99 | 95.00% | 4.73% | 0.00 |
| QCOR | Healthcare | 6 | 26.00% | 8.19% | 61.76 | 75.12% | 3.28% | 0.00 |
| RDY | Healthcare | 5 | 21.00% | 5.77% | 57.08 | 12.49% | 5.09% | - |
| SAM | Consumer Goods | 7 | 13.70% | 9.03% | 69.66 | 47.24% | -5.83% | 0.00 |
| SXCI | Healthcare | 4 | 20.43% | 4.53% | 54.99 | 89.20% | 8.98% | 0.00 |
| TGH | Services | 4 | 12.00% | 0.55% | 51.04 | 14.45% | -1.56% | 1.15 |
| THOR | Healthcare | 8 | 21.41% | 1.97% | 55.36 | 95.00% | 4.31% | 0.25 |
| THS | Consumer Goods | 4 | 10.67% | 2.32% | 57.89 | 95.00% | 7.03% | 1.03 |
| UHS | Healthcare | 5 | 10.00% | 2.91% | 56.04 | 85.50% | -1.47% | 0.49 |
| XEC | Basic Materials | 8 | 49.00% | 7.34% | 60.03 | 88.80% | -0.77% | 0.16 |
| Data is from GrahamInvestor.com, Yahoo Finance, and Finviz.com | ||||||||
| AMMD (American Medical Systems Holdings Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $24.40 (29-Jul-2005), Daily Close $23.74 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| APKT (Acme Packet Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $30.24 (01-Jun-2010), Daily Close $29.31 (28-May-2010) | |
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| ASPS (Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $27.79 (01-Jun-2010), Daily Close $27.02 (10-Mar-2010) | |
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| BOOT (Lacrosse Footwear Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $21.00 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $20.85 (02-Jun-2010) | |
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| CIB (BanColombia SA | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $49.81 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $49.20 (02-Jun-2010) | |
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| CPEX (CPEX Pharmaceuticals Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $26.85 (02-Jun-2010), Daily Close $26.75 (02-Jun-2010) | |
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| CRM (Salesforce com Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $96.35 (04-Jun-2010), Daily Close $95.20 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| CSTR (Coinstar Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $59.43 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $57.83 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| DG (Dollar General Corp | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $31.41 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $31.36 (02-Jun-2010) | |
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| DISCA (Discovery Communications Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $39.54 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $39.36 (03-May-2010) | |
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| DTV (DIRECTV | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $39.87 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $39.68 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| DVOX (DynaVox Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $16.70 (04-Jun-2010), Daily Close $16.00 (04-Jun-2010) | |
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| EVVV (ev3 Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $22.27 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $22.26 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| EW (Edwards Lifesciences Corp | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $54.08 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $53.80 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| GCBC (Greene County Bancorp | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $18.49 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $18.00 (02-Jun-2010) | |
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| GIS (General Mills Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $75.14 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $74.74 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| HGG (hhgregg Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $31.14 (01-Jun-2010), Daily Close $30.22 (01-Jun-2010) | |
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| HTWR (HeartWare International Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $63.12 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $61.97 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| IPXL (Impax Laboratories Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $22.00 (01-Jun-2010), Daily Close $21.58 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| LFL (Lan Airlines SA | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $19.39 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $19.12 (03-May-2010) | |
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| LNCR (Lincare Holdings Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $49.28 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $48.90 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| MIL (Millipore Corp | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $106.51 (04-Jun-2010), Daily Close $106.50 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| NEOG (Neogen Corp | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $27.77 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $27.56 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| NX (Quanex Building Products Corp | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $20.76 (02-Jun-2010), Daily Close $20.40 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| QCOR (Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $10.44 (02-Jun-2010), Daily Close $10.28 (02-Jun-2010) | |
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| RDY (Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $30.79 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $30.65 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| SAM (Boston Beer Company Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $69.15 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $68.02 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| SXCI (SXC Health Solutions Corp | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $74.97 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $74.42 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| TGH (Textainer Group Holdings Ltd | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $25.98 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $25.19 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| THOR (Thoratec Corp | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $46.50 (02-Jun-2010), Daily Close $45.46 (02-Jun-2010) | |
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| THS (TreeHouse Foods Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $48.08 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $47.93 (02-Jun-2010) | |
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| UHS (Universal Health Services Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $43.80 (03-Jun-2010), Daily Close $43.36 (03-Jun-2010) | |
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| XEC (Cimarex Energy Co | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $79.23 (04-Jun-2010), Daily Close $78.66 (02-Jun-2010) | |
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