3 Stocks Hitting High Notes

By Motley Fool Staff
July 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 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

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP)

$26.72

Software

4 Stars

249 of 264

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

$70.67

Food Products

1 Stars

471 of 709

Patni Computer Systems Limited (ADR) (NYSE: PTI)

$14.35

IT Services

5 Stars

245 of 250

Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of July 30, 2009

Top-rated software companies:

  • ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CKSW): Stock price is 220% higher than last year.
  • KongZhong Corp (ADR) (Nasdaq: KONG): Stock price is 216% higher than last year.

Top-rated food products companies:

  • J&J Snack Foods Corp. (Nasdaq: JJSF): Stock price is 41% higher than last year.
  • Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RAH): 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. 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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11/30/2009 4:00 PM
JJSF $36.10 Down -0.98 -2.64%
J&J Snack Foods Co… CAPS Rating: ****
RAH $57.92 Up +0.76 +1.33%
Ralcorp Holdings,… CAPS Rating: ****
KONG $12.91 Down -1.12 -7.98%
KongZhong Corp (AD… CAPS Rating: ****
GMCR $62.98 Up +0.03 +0.05%
Green Mountain Cof… CAPS Rating: *
CHKP $31.59 Down -0.35 -1.10%
Check Point Softwa… CAPS Rating: ***
PTI $19.17 Down -0.27 -1.39%
Patni Computer Sys… CAPS Rating: *****
CKSW $5.11 Down -0.09 -1.73%
CLICKSOFTWARE TECH… CAPS Rating: ****

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