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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type |
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Cott Corporation | NYSE:COT | NYSE | Common Stock |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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0.00 | 0.00% | 14.62 | 0 | 01:00:00 |
Buying stocks making new highs. (And yes, there are indeed stocks making new highs right now.)
I know some are reluctant to buy stocks making new 52 weeks highs. If you’re one of them, have you ever asked yourself why?
If a stock is making a new 52-week high, that's a good thing. Especially now.
I'm pretty sure that a person who dislikes buying stocks making new 52-weeks highs wouldn't be too upset if the stock he already owned broke out to new 52-week highs.
And why should he? Statistics have shown that stocks making new highs have a tendency of making even higher highs.
These are the stocks we all dream about. Get in and it keeps going up.
Of course the fundamentals need to be there. And you should keep a watchful eye on valuations. But if you were in a stock making new highs and cheering it on, it seems silly to be afraid of one doing the same just because you haven't bought it.
One question I like asking myself just to put things into perspective is: if I was in it, would I be excited and would I still want to be in it? If the answer is yes, then I'll look for the best opportunity to get in.
If the answer is no, that I'd want to take profits, then I'll move on.
This topic actually reminds me of a question someone asked me a while ago about a stock I was talking about that was at a new 52-week high. In fact, it was at a new 5 year high.
He said aren't you worried about buying a stocks at a 52-week high? I said of course not. So it just made a new-52 week high. That’s great news. Guess what -- last year it made a new 52-week high as well. And the year before that. And the year before that.
Can you imagine all the money you'd be leaving on the table if you were afraid of being in stocks every time they made a new high?
The screen I'm running today looks for:
Current Price/52 Week high greater than or equal to .90
That means these stocks are either at a new 52 week high, or have just hit it and still trading within 10% of it, or are climbing towards their 52 week high and are within striking distance.
Only Zacks Strong Buys and Buys.
A Price to Sales ratio of 1 means you're paying $1 for every $1 of sales a company makes. A P/S ratio of less than 1 means you're paying less than $1 for every $1 of sales a company makes. I have found that by looking at stocks with a P/S ratio of less than or equal to 1 helps me find stocks that are still considered undervalued -– even if they are making new highs.
In short, this helps me find stocks where the volume has increased in the recent week vs. the previous week. If the price is climbing on increased volume, that shows increased demand or buying coming in. And the more buying demand there is for a stock, the more it should climb.
Here are 5 stocks that made it thru this week’s screen:
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
COT Cott Corp.
HSY The Hershey Co.
LAD Lithia Motors Inc.
OMN OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
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Disclosure: Officers, directors and/or employees of Zacks Investment Research may own or have sold short securities and/or hold long and/or short positions in options that are mentioned in this material. An affiliated investment advisory firm may own or have sold short securities and/or hold long and/or short positions in options that are mentioned in this material.
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APPLD INDL TECH (AIT): Free Stock Analysis Report
COTT CORP QUE (COT): Free Stock Analysis Report
HERSHEY CO/THE (HSY): Free Stock Analysis Report
LITHIA MOTORS (LAD): Free Stock Analysis Report
OMNOVA SOLUTION (OMN): Free Stock Analysis Report
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