Stock Screen- Fundamentals, Growth, Momentum

I am trying something different this week. I moved the full results of my US all-time high stock screen to a page, with its own tab at the top of the blog ('Stock Screen Results'), so you can view all the charts if you want to. In the blog post I will highlight a handful of stocks that stand out.

This week I selected six stocks that would be candidates for long-term trend following based on a combination of:

• Momentum: the stocks are on the all-time high list, so they are in uptrends by any definition.
• Fundamentals: high Piotroski and Altman scores, indicating that the companies are well run.
• Growth: above average quarterly EPS growth and sales growth 

As it turns out, these six stocks are spread across the Basic Materials, Technology, and Healthcare sectors, providing some opportunity for diversification across sectors.

Fundamentals and Growth
Symbol	Sector	F score	Z score	Market Cap	EPS Q/Q	Sales Q/Q	Div.	Pay out	Inst Own	Inst Trans	Target Price
ALB	Basic Materials	8	4.3	4.90B	80%	14%	1%	17%	76%	-0%	58.8
APKT	Technology	7	37.5	2.80B	169%	56%	%	0%	81%	4%	41.8
CRR	Basic Materials	7	17.9	2.15B	40%	29%	1%	%	92%	2%	88.6
DOV	Industrial Goods	8	NaN	10.25B	105%	26%	2%	32%	88%	1%	61.4
QCOR	Healthcare	6	18.0	881.57M	859%	126%	%	%	83%	2%	14.0
RES	Basic Materials	7	8.6	2.66B	539%	129%	1%	21%	28%	3%	27.2
A high Piotroski F-score indicates financial strength, and a low Altman Z-score predicts bankruptcy  Data are from GrahamInvestor.com, Yahoo Finance, and Finviz.com

ALB (Albemarle Corp | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $53.83 (18-Nov-2010), Daily Close $53.10 (05-Nov-2010)
APKT (Acme Packet Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $44.22 (19-Nov-2010), Daily Close $44.03 (19-Nov-2010) * in the barchart.com list of Top 100 Stocks
CRR (Carbo Ceramics Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $93.34 (19-Nov-2010), Daily Close $93.15 (19-Nov-2010) * in the barchart.com list of Top 100 Stocks
DOV (Dover Corp | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $55.93 (15-Nov-2010), Daily Close $55.21 (04-Nov-2010)
QCOR (Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc | NASDAQ) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $14.27 (19-Nov-2010), Daily Close $14.18 (19-Nov-2010)
RES (RPC Inc | NYSE) All-time Highs (Yahoo Finance): Intraday $28.59 (18-Nov-2010), Daily Close $28.50 (18-Nov-2010)

I recommend that you buy the stocks which are moving up persistently in price, and don't concern yourself that these stocks tend to cost a little bit more than some more boring issues. History shows that the premium paid for high-quality items of any kind is generally worth the extra money. -Braden Glett

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