Mid Cap Best & Worst Report - May 25, 2016

  • The best mid cap sectors are industrial goods and healthcare.
  • The highest scoring mid cap industry oil & gas equipment & services.

The average mid cap score is 55.55. For consideration, the four week moving average score is 55.50. The average mid cap stock is trading -22.94% below its 52 week high, 1.38% above its 200 dma, has 6.87 days to cover short, and is expected to see EPS increase by 16.5% next year.

The following chart shows historical mid cap scores.

The top mid cap sectors are industrial goods and healthcare. Technology and basics also score above the average universe score. Consumer goods, utilities, and financials score in line. Services score below average. 

The next table highlights the top and bottom scoring mid cap stocks in our universe. 

Oil & gas equipment & services (PDS, RES, HLX) are top scoring. Accident & health insurance (AIZ, CNO), movies (RGC, DWA), technical & system software (CDNS, MENT), and healthcare plans (WCG, CNC) also score strongly. 

 In basics, concentrate on oil & gas equipment & services, independent oil & gas (NFX), and synthetics (POL). The best consumer goods industries are auto parts (TEN, FDML) and textiles (CRI). Accident & health insurance is the only above-average scoring basket in financials. Healthcare plans, medical instruments (NUVA, PKI, HRC, TFX), and medical appliances (ALGN, MASI) can be bought in healthcare. Diversified machinery (MIDD, ATU) and industrial electrical (AOS, BDC) are best in industrial goods. The strongest scoring services groups are movies, business services (RBA, GPN, HMSY), and trucking (ODFL). Technical & system software, application software (MANH, LOCK), and computer peripherals (LXK, NICE) are intriguing in technology.

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