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Motley Fool Staff
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December 18, 2009
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Chasing highfliers is a sucker's game. But tracking monthly trends across the market can lead to great investment ideas, as well as shedding new light on stocks you already have in your portfolio.
Let's take a look at the biggest movers in Small Caps. These stocks -- which include companies from the consumer discretionary, energy, financials, materials, and telecommunication sectors -- have clocked some of the biggest gains during the past month.
Small-Cap Market Movers
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Company
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Industry
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CAPS Rating
(out of 5)
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30-Day Return
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Market Cap
(Millions)
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Price / Earnings
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Maxcom Telecom (NYSE: MXT )
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Diversified telecommunication services
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***
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65.7%
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$643
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NA
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China Agritech Inc. (Nasdaq: CAGC )
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Chemicals
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***
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49.6%
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$231
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13.9
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Newpark Resources, Inc. (NYSE: NR )
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Energy equipment and services
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*****
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36.8%
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$369
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15.8
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Financial Federal Corp. (NYSE: FIF )
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Diversified financial services
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*
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33.5%
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$728
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16.1
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NutriSystem, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTRI )
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Internet and catalog retail
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***
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32.1%
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$970
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38.5
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Those returns are certainly eye-catching. But do these highfliers have staying power?
Let's see what The Motley Fool CAPS community (more than 145,000 investors strong) has to say about the best plays in the Small Cap market.
And the next big winners are ...
The following Small Cap 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 Small-Cap Favorites
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Company
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Industry
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CAPS Rating
(out of 5)
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Market Cap
(Millions)
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Price / Earnings
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Fools Saying Outperform
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PAETEC Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: PAET ) (Alternative for MXT)
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Diversified telecommunication services
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*****
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$577
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15.5
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82 of 87
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LSB Industries, Inc. (Alternative for CAGC)
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Chemicals
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*****
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$298
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11.8
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567 of 582
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PICO Holdings, Inc. (Alternative for FIF)
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Diversified financial services
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*****
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$733
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47.0
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290 of 294
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Ticketmaster
(Nasdaq: TKTM ) (Alternative for NTRI)
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Internet and catalog retail
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****
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$682
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NA
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74 of 82
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PHI (Alternative for NR)
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Energy equipment and services
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*****
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$276
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18.0
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34 of 35
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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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