The Chart of the Day belongs to steel and aluminum company Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS) . 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 6/12 the stock gained 16.20%.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. operates as a diversified metal solutions provider and the metals service center company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company distributes a line of approximately 100,000 metal products, including alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and specialty steel products; and provides metals processing services to general manufacturing, non-residential construction, transportation, aerospace, energy, electronics and semiconductor fabrication, and heavy industries. It sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers, which primarily include small machine shops and fabricators. The company was founded in 1939 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Barchart Technical Indicators:
- 100% technical buy signals
- 60.60+ Weighted Alpha
- 57.94% gain in the last year
- Trend Seeker buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 13 new highs and up 13.26% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 77.73%
- Technical support level at $286.29
- Recently traded at $291.82 with 50 day moving average of $259.43
Fundamental Factors:
- Market Cap $16.90 billion
- P/E 10.26
- Despite Analysts projections of lower Revenue and Earnings the price keeps going up
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 analyst gave 3 strong buy, 1 buy, and 3 hold opinions on the stock
- Analysts price targets are $271to $300
- Value Line ranks the stock an average 3
- CFRAs MarketScope rates it a 3 star hold
- 8,750 investors monitor the stock on Seeking Alpha
Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, but may initiate a beneficial Long position through a purchase of the stock, or the purchase of call options or similar derivatives in the next 72 hours.
Additional disclosure: The Barchart Chart of the Day highlights stocks that are experiencing exceptional current price appreciation. They are not intended to be buy recommendations as these stocks are extremely volatile and speculative. Should you decide to add one of these stocks to your investment portfolio it is highly suggested you follow a predetermined diversification and moving stop loss discipline that is consistent with your personal investment risk tolerance and reevaluate your stop losses at least on a weekly basis.
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