3 Stocks Hitting High Notes

By Motley Fool Staff
July 29, 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 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

Health Grades, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGRD)

$4.93

Health-Care Providers and Services

5 Stars

346 of 361

Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX)

$4.88

Biotechnology

1 Stars

171 of 250

AllscriptsMisys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDRX)

$17.01

Health Care Technology

3 Stars

393 of 419

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of July 29, 2009

Top-rated health-care providers and services companies:

  • BioScrip, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOS): Stock price is 130% higher than last year.
  • HMS Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: HMSY): Stock price is 69% higher than last year.

Top-rated biotechnology companies:

  • Crucell N.V. (ADR) (Nasdaq: CRXL): Stock price is 54% higher than last year.
  • Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (NYSE: EBS): Stock price is 18% 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. Since this article was automatically generated by identifying the stocks loved both 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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11/20/2009 4:00 PM
NVAX $3.28 Down -0.49 -13.00%
Novavax, Inc. CAPS Rating: *
MDRX $20.07 Down -0.29 -1.42%
AllscriptsMisys He… CAPS Rating: ***
EBS $13.79 Down -0.04 -0.29%
Emergent BioSoluti… CAPS Rating: ****
BIOS $7.64 Down -0.16 -2.05%
BioScrip, Inc. CAPS Rating: **
CRXL $21.62 Up +0.17 +0.79%
Crucell N.V. (ADR) CAPS Rating: ****
HMSY $44.34 Down -0.20 -0.45%
HMS Holdings Corp. CAPS Rating: ***
HGRD $4.57 Up +0.08 +1.78%
HEALTH GRADES, INC… CAPS Rating: *****

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