•     The best small cap sector is industrials.
•     The top small cap industry is semi ICs.

The average score in small cap is 57.89. Over the past four weeks, the score averages 57.63. The typical small cap stock in our coverage is trading -29.95% below its 52 week high, 5.67% above its 200 dma, and has 7.13 days to cover held short.

The best scoring small cap sector is industrial goods. Financials, basics, and technology are also high scoring. Services and consumer goods score in line. Utilities and healthcare score below average.

The following are the top and bottom scoring small cap stocks this week.

The following chart shows historical small cap scores by sector.

Semi ICs (DIOD), semiconductor equipment & materials (UTEK, OSIS, TSRA), catalogs (GAIA, NSIT), S&Ls (NWBI, BRKL, DCOM, OCFC), and regional banks (LTXB, MBWM, LKFN, CFNL) are the top scoring small cap industries.

The best basic materials industries are steel & iron (ZEUS, USAP, HAYN), independent  oil & gas (CRK), and gold (GSS, DRD).  No consumer goods baskets score above average -- focus on mid and large cap consumer goods instead. In financials, S&Ls, regional banks, and P&C insurers (STFC, GLRE) are best. The top healthcare groups are specialized health (BEAT, USPH), home health (CHE, AFAM), and medical appliances (WMGI, CYNO, CUTR, NXTM, ELOS). In industrials, only general building materials (HW, USLM) score high. Catalogs, trucking (MRTN, SAIA), and education (CECO) are the best scoring services industries. The top technology groups are semi ICs, semi equipment, and scientific & technical instruments (FARO, PRCP, IIVI).