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 86,000 investors. Have a look, and then visit us on CAPS to dig in further on each of them.

 

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Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.

(NASDAQ:PESI)

6.67%

Waste Management

0.74%

48 of 51

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FLIR Systems, Inc.

(NASDAQ:FLIR)

4.76%

Scientific & Technical Instruments

2.63%

660 of 676

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SAIC, Inc.

(NYSE:SAI)

4.46%

Technical Services

2.03%

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Other Five-Star Waste Management
Waste Industries USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:WWIN) no change
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WMI) down 0.97%
Other Five-Star Scientific & Technical Instruments
Novatel, Inc. (NASDAQ:NGPS) no change
Cubic Corp (AMEX:CUB) no change
Other Five-Star Technical Services
Stantec, Inc. (USA) (NYSE:SXC) no change
VSE Corp (NASDAQ:VSEC) down 1.22%