Stocks hitting fresh highs can either signal that a stock is 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 110,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS to find stocks hitting 52-week highs today. The community's approval (those with four- and five-star ratings) could be a sign that further research is in order.
Here are three such stocks:
|
Today’s High |
Industry |
CAPS Rating |
Fools Saying Outperform |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Myriad Genetics, Inc. |
$63.80 |
Drugs |
*** |
200 of 226 |
|
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. |
$64.94 |
Aerospace/Defense |
***** |
215 of 221 |
|
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals |
$5.19 |
Drugs |
99 of 107 |
Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of July 25.
Other Five-Star Aerospace/Defense Companies
Raytheon Company
(NYSE:RTN) -- up 4.3% in the past year.
Triumph Group(NYSE:TGI) -- stock price is 35% cheaper than a year ago.
Other Five-Star Drug Companies
Meridian Bioscience
(NASDAQ:VIVO) -- up 12.8% in the past year.
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group(NYSE:SCR) -- stock price is 8.6% cheaper than a year ago.
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