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 construction and engineering, electrical equipment, aerospace and defense, and auto components industries -- have clocked some of the biggest gains during the last month.

Industrial Goods market movers

Company	Industry	CAPS Rating	30-Day Return	Market Cap	Price / Earnings
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (Nasdaq: GLDD  )	Construction and Engineering	***	21.08%	370.72M	29.16
Coleman Cable (Nasdaq: CCIX  )	Electrical Equipment	***	20.04%	112.32M	NA
LMI Aerospace	Aerospace and Defense	****	13.62%	203.22M	13
Hawk (NYSE: HWK  )	Auto Components	**	10.41%	184.46M	91.67

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

Let's see what The Motley Fool CAPS community (more than 165,000 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	Market Cap	Price / Earnings	Fools Saying Outperform
Standex International (NYSE: SXI  ) (Alternative to GLDD)	Industrial Conglomerates	*****	321.62M	29.16	41 of 44
LaBarge  (NYSE: LB  ) (Alternative to CCIX)	Construction and Engineering	****	180.98M	14.54	80 of 88
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS  ) (Alternative to LMIA)	Aerospace and Defense	*****	187.18M	35	107 of 113
Sorl Auto Parts (Nasdaq: SORL  ) (Alternative to HWK)	Auto Components	*****	179.54	33.35	580 of 587

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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