Today's 5-Star Movers

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September 16, 2009 | Comments (1)

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As fundamentals-focused long-term investors, Fools never base an investment decision on the daily gyrations of the market. But the market's daily price movements can be useful when looking for new stock ideas for further research, or to keep tabs on watch-list stocks.

Below you'll find today's biggest movers among our five-star stocks -- the highest rating awarded by our CAPS community of more than 140,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Sector Past 30 Days

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Keryx Biopharmaceuticals

(Nasdaq: KERX)

45.51%

Biotechnology

10.83%

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Rogers Corp

(NYSE: ROG)

6.63%

Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components

14.80%

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Other Five-Star Biotechnology
China Biotics Inc (Nasdaq: CHBT) up 4.05%
Celera Group, Applera Corp. (Nasdaq: CRA) up 0.78%
Other Five-Star Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components
Rofin-Sinar Technologies (Nasdaq: RSTI) up 5.65%
Gerber Scientific, Inc. (NYSE: GRB) up 4.68%
Other Five-Star Internet Software and Services
China Education Alliance, Inc. (AMEX: CEU) up 4.31%
Zix Corp (Nasdaq: ZIXI) up 0.85%

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  • Report this Comment On September 16, 2009, at 2:15 PM, redchip1 wrote:

    CEU has 39% net margins, 30% consistent annual growth, over 30M in CASH on a DEBT-FREE balance sheet, trades at 10PE in a sector with Average 36PE's, great value. Do the numbers.

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11/27/2009 10:27 AM
KERX $2.33 Down -0.05 -1.93%
Keryx Biopharmaceu… CAPS Rating: ***
GRB $5.09 Down -0.05 -0.97%
Gerber Scientific,… CAPS Rating: *****
RSTI $22.39 Down -0.68 -2.95%
Rofin-Sinar Techno… CAPS Rating: *****
ROG $27.76 Down -1.02 -3.54%
Rogers Corp CAPS Rating: *****
ZIXI $1.67 Up +0.02 +1.21%
Zix Corp CAPS Rating: ****
CHBT $13.86 Down -0.67 -4.61%
China Biotics Inc CAPS Rating: *****

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