2 Stocks Hitting High Notes

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With that in mind, we'll use the aggregate intelligence of the 120,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS to find stocks hitting 52-week highs today. The community's approval (signified by four- and five-star ratings) could be a sign that further research is in order.

Here are two such stocks:

Company

Today’s Intraday Price

Industry

CAPS Rating (out of 5)

Fools Saying Outperform

Almost Family, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFAM)

$46.88

Home Health Care

4 Stars

424 of 444

PetMed Express, Inc. (Nasdaq: PETS)

$17.70

Specialty Retail, Other

5 Stars

564 of 580

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of October 31, 2008

Top-rated home health care companies:

  • Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTIV): Stock price is 50% higher than last year.
  • Lincare Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LNCR): Stock price is 24% lower than last year.

Top-rated specialty retail, other companies:

  • Tractor Supply Company (Nasdaq: TSCO): Stock price is 3% higher than last year.
  • Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS): Stock price is 8% lower than last year.

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Disclosure is important to us here at The Motley Fool. The stocks mentioned in this article received their CAPS ratings from participants in The Motley Fool's CAPS service and have hit 52-week highs during today's trading. No individual person selected the stocks in this article, so there is no author to disclose an interest in them. Annual performance is measured over a 365-day period. Since this article was automatically generated by identifying the stocks rated by the CAPS community and by buyers in today’s market, it is possible that Motley Fool personnel (and even The Motley Fool itself, through our Million Dollar Portfolio, Ready Made Millionaire, and Motley Fool PRO services), have positions in these stocks. We thought you'd like to know that. You can learn more about The Motley Fool’s disclosure policy here.

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Almost Family, Inc.

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