2 Stocks Hitting High Notes

By Motley Fool Staff
April 30, 2009 | Comments (0)

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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.

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With that in mind, we'll use the aggregate intelligence of the 130,000-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

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASCA)

$20.37

Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure

2 Stars

211 of 262

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (Nasdaq: GMCR)

$72.94

Food Products

2 Stars

431 of 544

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of April 30, 2009.

Top-rated hotels, restaurants and leisure companies:

  • Nathan's Famous, Inc. (Nasdaq: NATH): Stock price is 5% higher than last year.
  • Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM): Stock price is 16% lower than last year.

Top-rated commercial services and supplies companies:

  • Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HCSG): Stock price is 22% higher than last year.
  • Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYKE): Stock price is 19% higher 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, Motley Fool Pro, and Ready Made Millionaire 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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12/24/2009 1:00 PM
SYKE $26.35 Down -0.03 -0.11%
Sykes Enterprises,… CAPS Rating: **
NATH $14.98 Down -0.16 -1.03%
Nathan's Famous, I… CAPS Rating: *****
GMCR $72.68 Up +0.05 +0.07%
Green Mountain Cof… CAPS Rating: *
ASCA $16.12 Up +0.11 +0.69%
Ameristar Casinos,… CAPS Rating: **
YUM $35.38 Down -0.02 -0.06%
Yum! Brands, Inc. CAPS Rating: ****
HCSG $21.80 Up +0.16 +0.74%
Healthcare Service… CAPS Rating: ****

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