Sadly, there's no such thing as an ultimate buy signal when it comes to investing in stocks. Identifying companies with the wind at their back takes time, patience, and a good dose of due diligence.

There is, however, an easy way to increase your odds of finding the stocks that will beat the market. At Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's investing community of more than 130,000 members, we've found that our "five-star portfolio" is up 15.31% between January 2007 and April 2009, compared to a loss of 40.6% for the S&P 500.

In order to fully capture the upside potential of those five-star stocks, it makes sense to identify them just as soon as they achieve five-star status. Fortunately, our CAPS screener now makes it possible to do this. Below, for example, is a list of companies that have been upgraded to five-star status from four stars just yesterday. These stock ideas are only a starting point, of course. Be sure to join us on CAPS to dig in even further.

Company

All-Stars Saying Outperform

TBS International Limited (NASDAQ:TBSI)

1098 of 1148

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV)

167 of 174

Tenaris S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TS)

798 of 819

Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:MRH)

2483 of 2584

Belden, Inc. (NYSE:BDC)

139 of 147

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDTI)

103 of 108

Data from Motley Fool CAPS, June 5, 2009.

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