3 Stocks Hitting High Notes
By Motley Fool Staff
August 27, 2008
When a stock hits a fresh high, it can mean that it’s on its way to greatness -- or that it has run its course. Even with the risk of the latter, searching for these outperformers can reveal companies that are doing something right, much to their investors' delight.
Let’s dig deeper
With that in mind, we'll use the aggregate intelligence of the 115,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS to find stocks hitting 52-week highs yesterday. The community's approval (signified by four- and five-star ratings) could be a sign that further research is in order.
Here are three such stocks:
| Company |
Yesterday’s Adjusted Close
|
Industry
|
CAPS Rating (out of 5)
|
Fools Saying Outperform
|
|
Quality Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSII)
|
$42.84
|
Healthcare Information Services
|
|
2026 of 2083
|
|
Nicor, Inc. (NYSE: GAS)
|
$45.39
|
Gas Utilities
|
|
114 of 128
|
|
Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED)
|
$8.71
|
Specialty Retail, Other
|
|
109 of 133
|
Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Aug. 27, 2008.
Five-star health-care information services companies:
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HLTH Corp (Nasdaq: HLTH): Stock price is 11% less than last year.
Five-star gas utilities companies:
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TransCanada Corp (USA) (NYSE: TRP): Stock price is 13% higher than last year.
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Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE): Stock price is 9% higher than last year.
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