Chart Of The Day: Express Scripts

The Chart of the Day belongs to Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX). I found the stock by sorting the All Time High list for the stocks with the most frequent new highs in the last month then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 10/21 the stock gained 13.63%

Express Scripts, Inc. is one of the largest pharmacy benefit management companies in North America. Through facilities in the states and Canada, the company serves thousands of client groups, including managed care organizations, insurance carriers, third-party administrators, employers and union-sponsored benefit plans.

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Barchart technical indicators:

100% Barchart technical buy signals

Trend Spotter buy signal

Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages

17 new highs and up 9.50% in the last month

Relative Strength Index 88.53%

Barchart computes a technical support level at 17.96

Recently traded at 84.12 with a 50 day moving average of 75.15

Fundamental factors:

Market Cap $62.71 billion

P/E 17..96

Revenue expected to be down 390% this year but increase again by 2.00% next year

Earnings are estimated to increase 12.70% this year, an additional 11.70% next year and continue to increase at an annual rate of 13.50% for the next 5 years

Wall Street analysts issued 7 strong buy, 10 buy and 8 hold recommendations on the stock

Recently the 50 day moving average vs price has been the best technical trading strategy for this stock and should be used to gauge an exit point.