I love bargain stocks, especially when they're hitting 52-week lows. Still, it can be instructive to also look at stocks that are riding high. For one thing, they can make good sell candidates. More optimistically, we may be able to find a few companies that can continue their upward climbs.
In this series, I'll be searching industry-by-industry for stocks reaching 52-week highs. That way, we'll be able to make a few quick comparisons among semi-related companies.
There are 24 industry groups as defined by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). Capital goods is one of them.
Below are the top 10 companies in this space (by market cap) that are within spitting distance of their 52-week highs.
|
Company |
Recent Price |
52-Week Low |
52-Week High |
P/E Ratio (Trailing) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Siemens AG |
$116.34 |
$82.74 |
$117.94 |
22.1 |
|
United Technologies |
$75.01 |
$61.40 |
$77.09 |
16.3 |
|
3M |
$90.90 |
$68.00 |
$91.49 |
16.5 |
|
Boeing |
$71.66 |
$47.20 |
$76.00 |
16.4 |
|
ABB |
$22.64 |
$16.01 |
$22.91 |
19.2 |
|
Caterpillar |
$79.05 |
$50.50 |
$81.20 |
25.8 |
|
Emerson Electric |
$54.95 |
$37.50 |
$55.25 |
21.3 |
| Honeywell International |
$47.53 |
$35.60 |
$48.63 |
17.9 |
| Deere |
$77.24 |
$45.20 |
$78.89 |
27.9 |
| Danaher |
$42.86 |
$33.80 |
$43.77 |
18.4 |
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's. Data as of Oct. 25.
In the capital goods 52-week lows list, four defense stocks jumped out at me as possible buy opportunities.
I'm not as immediately inspired by this list, but there are a bunch of solid companies here. For example, fellow Fool David Lee Smith was impressed by Caterpillar's latest quarter. Three are rated five stars by our CAPS community -- ABB, Emerson, and 3M. And arguments could be made for many of these companies about temporarily depressed earnings and acceleration with an economic recovery.
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