3 Stocks Hitting High Notes

By Motley Fool Staff
June 25, 2009 | Comments (1)

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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 135,000-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 three such stocks:

Company

Today’s Intraday Price

Industry

CAPS Rating (out of 5)

Fools Saying Outperform

Cerner Corp (Nasdaq: CERN)

$60.98

Health Care Technology

3 Stars

302 of 329

ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CKSW)

$5.85

Software

5 Stars

335 of 343

Biovail Corp (USA) (NYSE: BVF)

$13.66

Pharmaceuticals

3 Stars

464 of 500

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of June 25, 2009.

Top-rated health care technology companies:

  • SXC Health Solutions Corp. (USA) (Nasdaq: SXCI): Stock price is 68% higher than last year.
  • HLTH Corp (Nasdaq: HLTH): Stock price is 9% higher than last year.

Top-rated software companies:

  • KongZhong Corp (ADR) (Nasdaq: KONG): Stock price is 138% higher than last year.
  • Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd ADR (Nasdaq: SNDA): Stock price is 101% 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.

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  • Report this Comment On June 26, 2009, at 8:53 AM, rre55 wrote:

    i will never believe motley.

    this is bad magazin.

    they are going short and then they bash the stock .

    many people don;t like them.

    for example they are against CROX for 2 years. but when the stock was $1 they didn't stop the BS.

    now cCROX at $3.6 and they bash week after week.

    stupid magazin

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11/9/2009 4:00 PM
SNDA $50.41 Up +2.75 +5.77%
Shanda Interactive… CAPS Rating: ****
HLTH $15.23 Down +0.00 +0.00%
HLTH Corp CAPS Rating: **
SXCI $47.44 Up +0.25 +0.53%
SXC Health Solutio… CAPS Rating: ***
KONG $15.19 Up +0.18 +1.20%
KongZhong Corp (AD… CAPS Rating: ***
BVF $13.50 Up +0.18 +1.35%
Biovail Corp (USA) CAPS Rating: ****
CERN $79.57 Up +2.12 +2.74%
Cerner Corp CAPS Rating: ***
CKSW $5.78 Up +0.17 +3.03%
CLICKSOFTWARE TECH… CAPS Rating: *****

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