Breakoutwatch Weekly Summary 02/06/2024

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Market Summary

Large-cap benchmarks hit new highs, but small-caps struggle

The major indexes ended the week mixed amid a slew of significant earnings reports and economic data. The S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average moved to intraday highs, but the small-cap indexes recorded losses. The advance was also narrow, with an equally weighted version of the S&P 500 Index recording a modest loss. The week closed out the month of January with the S&P 500 advancing 1.6% over the month, while the equal-weight S&P 500 fell 0.90%, and the small-cap Russell 2000 Index declined nearly 4.0%. [more...]

Major Index Performance

Dow Jones
Last Close 38521.4
Wk. Gain 0.91 %
Yr. Gain 2.54 %
Trend Up
Dow Jones
S&P 500
Last Close 4954.23
Wk. Gain 1.92 %
Yr. Gain 4.41 %
Trend Up
S&P 500
NASDAQ Comp.
Last Close 15609
Wk. Gain 2.33 %
Yr. Gain 4.94 %
Trend Up
NASDAQ Comp.
Russell 2000
Last Close 1953.63
Wk. Gain -0.32 %
Yr. Gain -2.95 %
Trend Up
Russell 2000

Performance by Sector

Sector Wk. Change % Yr. Change % Trend
Consumer Discretionary 2.23 -0.85 Up
Consumer Staples 1.3 2.7 Up
Energy -0.68 -1.47 Down
Finance 0.04 2.42 Up
Health Care 2.4 5.39 Up
Industrials 1.87 2.04 Up
Technology 1.64 5.55 Up
Materials -1.26 -3.54 Down
REIT -0.13 -4.95 Down
Telecom 2.83 8.59 Up
Utilities -1.13 -4.17 Down

Breakouts This Week Still Within 5% of Breakout Price (Limit 20 top C Score)

Watchlist Symbol Company Industry C Score* % Gain
SQZ EDU New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. Biotechnology 81.8 % 3.2 %
CWH FTNT Fortinet, Inc. Software - Infrastructure 80 % 0.2 %
SQZ CECO CECO Environmental Corp. Chemicals 79.9 % 0.3 %
SQZ EXPE Expedia Group, Inc. Travel Services 77.2 % 1.7 %
CWH MIXT MiX Telematics Limited Am Software - Application 76.5 % 2.2 %
CWH SURG SurgePays, Inc. Software - Application 75.7 % 4 %
DB CAAP Corporacion America Airports SA Banks - Diversified 75.4 % 3.2 %
SQZ CSL Carlisle Companies Inco Solar 74.5 % 1.1 %
SQZ FROG JFrog Ltd. Software - Application 73.8 % 2.8 %
CWH HUBB Hubbell Inc Asset Management 72.8 % 0.9 %
CWH TME Tencent Music Entertainme Medical Devices 70.1 % 2.3 %
SQZ SP SP Plus Corporation Specialty Business Services 70 % 0.1 %
SQZ CARG CarGurus, Inc. Banks - Regional 69.4 % 1 %
CWH ASND Ascendis Pharma A/S Biotechnology 68.2 % 0.6 %
CWH SNOW Snowflake Inc. Software - Application 67.6 % 1.6 %
SQZ OC Owens Corning Inc Banks - Regional 66.9 % 0.7 %
CWH TNGX Tango Therapeutics, Inc. Biotechnology 64.5 % 1.9 %
CWH PIPR Piper Sandler Companies Capital Markets 63.6 % 0 %
SQZ LEN Lennar Corporation Class A Residential Construction 62.7 % 0.9 %
CWH PI Impinj, Inc. Communication Equipment 62.1 % 2 %
*C score is our assessment of a Stock's correlation to CAN SLIM principles. It combines a stock's Technical and Fundamental merits and is expressed as a percentage.

Breakdowns within 5% of Breakdown Price

Watchlist Symbol Company Industry C Score* % Loss
SS NGS Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. Biotechnology 73.6 % -1.5 %
SS PR Permian Resources Corporation Class A Asset Management 73 % -1 %
SS REKR Rekor Systems, Inc. Software - Infrastructure 67.3 % -1.6 %
SS OII Oceaneering International, Inc. Asset Management 65.4 % -2 %
SS MARA Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. Capital Markets 64 % -3.7 %
SS HAL Halliburton Company Packaged Foods 61.4 % -4.6 %
SS SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. Credit Services 57.3 % -4.9 %
SS FSP Franklin Street Properties Corp. REIT - Office 55.4 % -3.6 %
SS UDMY Udemy, Inc. Telecom Services 36.1 % -2.9 %
SS ULBI Ultralife Corporation Real Estate Services 32.2 % -3.5 %
SS TRDA Entrada Therapeutics, Inc. Biotechnology 27.4 % -4.7 %
SS WOR Worthington Enterprises, Inc. Metal Fabrication 25.9 % -2.3 %
SS VTLE Vital Energy, Inc. Biotechnology 21.8 % -4.3 %
SS YEXT Yext, Inc. Software - Infrastructure 15.7 % -1.3 %
*C score is our assessment of a Stock's correlation to CAN SLIM principles. It combines a stock's Technical and Fundamental merits and is expressed as a percentage.

Cup and Handle Stocks Likely to Breakout next Week

Symbol BoP Company Industry Relative Strength Rank Within x% of BoP C Score*
GRPN 0 UFP Technologies, Inc. Medical Devices 79.00 64.9
SURG 75.7
PRCT 57.4
MKSI 112.66 MKS Instruments, Inc. Insurance - Property & Casualty 85.00 95.76 67.5
CG 41.40 The Carlyle Group Inc. Asset Management 87.00 98.36 65.7
*C score is our assessment of a Stock's correlation to CAN SLIM principles. It combines a stock's Technical and Fundamental merits and is expressed as a percentage.

Cup and Handle Chart of the Week

MKS Intruments obtained the best score in my cup and handle breakout model. Although SURG has a higher CAN SLIM score, MKSI is closer to breakout.