The Best Investing Ideas in the Industrial Goods Sector

Chasing highfliers is a sucker's game. But tracking monthly trends across the market can lead to great investment ideas, as well as shed new light on stocks you already have in your portfolio.

Let's take a look at the biggest movers in the Industrial Goods sector. These stocks -- which include companies from textiles, apparel and luxury goods, construction and engineering, household durables, industrial conglomerates and electrical equipment industries -- have clocked some of the biggest gains during the last month.

Industrial Goods Market Movers

Company	Industry	CAPS Rating (out of 5)	30-Day Return	Market Cap	Price / Earnings
Culp (NYSE: CFI  )	Textiles, apparel, and luxury goods	**	12.34%	170.13M	28.14
Argan	Construction and engineering	***	11.77%	216.65M	17.27
The Ryland Group (NYSE: RYL  )	Household durables	*	11.58%	1.02B	N/A
Standex International (NYSE: SXI  )	Industrial conglomerates	*****	11.42%	294.44M	146.22
Baldor Electric (NYSE: BEZ  )	Electrical equipment	****	10.46%	1.45B	24.18

Those returns are certainly eye-catching. But do these highfliers have staying power?

Let's see what The Motley Fool CAPS community (more than 150,000 investors strong) has to say about the best plays in the Small Cap market.

And the next big winners are ...
The following Industrial Goods stocks are of similar size in comparable industries to the ones in the previous chart. However, these are companies CAPS members think have more promising future returns than the ones already making waves.

 CAPS Community Industrial Goods Favorites

Company	Industry	CAPS Rating (out of 5)	Market Cap	Price / Earnings	Fools Saying Outperform
Delta Apparel (AMEX: DLA  ) (Alternative for CFI)	Textiles, apparel, and luxury goods	*****	115.82M	13.24	42 of 45
Orion Marine (NYSE: ORN  ) (Alternative for AGX)	Construction and engineering	*****	484.12M	19.14	37 of 43
Dorel Industries (Nasdaq: DIIB  ) (Alternative for RYL)	Household durables	*****	883.47M	11.18	20 of 22
Hubbell (Alternative for BEZ)	Electrical equipment	*****	2.36B	14.58	60 of 62

Of course, some of today's winners might continue to rack up outsize returns. But isn't it better to snag tomorrow's winners before they start running up?

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