The Chart of the Day belongs to the healthcare company Boston Scientific (BSX). I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation. Since the Trend Seeker signaled a buy on 11/ 14 the stock gained 12.89%.
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices for use in various interventional medical specialties worldwide. It operates through MedSurg and Cardiovascular segments. The company offers devices to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal and pulmonary conditions; devices to treat various urological and pelvic conditions; implantable cardioverter and implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators; pacemakers and implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers; and remote patient management systems. It also provides medical technologies to diagnose and treat rate and rhythm disorders of the heart comprising 3-D cardiac mapping and navigation solutions, ablation catheters, diagnostic catheters, mapping catheters, intracardiac ultrasound catheters, delivery sheaths, and other accessories; spinal cord stimulator systems for the management of chronic pain; indirect decompression systems; and deep brain stimulation systems. In addition, the company offers interventional cardiology products, that uses in the treatment of coronary artery disease and aortic valve conditions. Further, it provides stents, balloon catheters, guidewires, atherectomy, and thrombectomy systems to treat arterial and venous diseases; and peripheral embolization devices, radioactive microspheres, cryotherapy ablation systems, and micro and drainage catheters to treat cancer. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
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Barchart Technical Indicators:
- 100% technical buy signals
- 35.90+ Weighted Alpha
- 32.46% gain in the last year
- Trend Seeker buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 12 new highs and up 9.27% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 82.36%
- Technical support level at $59.74
- Recently traded at $60.96 with 50 day moving average of $55.80
Fundamental Factors:
- Market Cap $88.27 billion
- P/E 30.74
- Wall Street projects Revenue will grow 11.30% this year and another 8.60% next year
- Earnings are estimated to increase 14.90% this year, an additional 11.40% next year then continue to compound at an annual rate of 12.40% for the next 5 years
Analysts and Investor Sentiment -- I don't buy stocks because everyone else is buying but I do realize that if major firms and investors are dumping a stock it's hard to make money swimming against the tide:
- Wall Street analysts issued 20 strong buy, 7 buy and 5 hold recommendations on the stock
- Analysts price targets are $55 to $77 with a consensus of $64 - that's 8% above today's price
- The individual investors following the stock on Motley Fool voted 741 to 184 for the stock to beat the market with the most experienced investors voting 147 to 14 for the same result
- Value Line gives the stock its below average rating of 4
- CFRAs MarketScope has a 4 star buy rating with a 12 month price target of $63
- 38,600 investors monitor the stock on Seeking Alpha
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