Breakoutwatch Weekly Summary 02/04/2024

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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 38654
Wk. Gain 1.41 %
Yr. Gain 2.9 %
Trend Up
Dow Jones
S&P 500
Last Close 4959
Wk. Gain 1.35 %
Yr. Gain 4.51 %
Trend Up
S&P 500
NASDAQ Comp.
Last Close 15629
Wk. Gain 1.02 %
Yr. Gain 5.08 %
Trend Up
NASDAQ Comp.
Russell 2000
Last Close 1963
Wk. Gain -0.76 %
Yr. Gain -2.48 %
Trend Up
Russell 2000

Performance by Sector

Sector Wk. Change % Yr. Change % Trend
Consumer Discretionary 2.66 0.07 Down
Consumer Staples 1.86 3.08 Up
Energy -1.21 -1.64 Down
Finance 0.67 2.95 Up
Health Care 1.64 3.92 Up
Industrials 2.07 1.89 Up
Technology 0.12 5.68 Up
Materials 0.48 -2.55 Down
REIT -0.67 -4.2 Down
Telecom 2.6 10.04 Up
Utilities 0.52 -2.52 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 81.4 % 4 %
SQZ TGS Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA TGS Broadcasting 80.8 % 0.1 %
SQZ CECO CECO Environmental Corp. Chemicals 79.9 % 0.7 %
SQZ LRN Stride, Inc. Biotechnology 79.4 % 0.5 %
SQZ FCNCA First Citizens BancShares, Inc. Banks - Regional 76.9 % 2.3 %
CWH MIXT MiX Telematics Limited Am Software - Application 76.3 % 0.9 %
SQZ FROG JFrog Ltd. Software - Application 74.3 % 3.9 %
SQZ CSL Carlisle Companies Inco Solar 74 % 2.2 %
SQZ CAAP Corporacion America Airports SA Banks - Diversified 73.6 % 2 %
CWH HUBB Hubbell Inc Asset Management 73.2 % 1.9 %
SQZ FEIM Frequency Electronics, Inc. Communication Equipment 73.1 % 1.1 %
SQZ CNXN PC Connection, Inc. Information Technology Services 70.7 % 0.2 %
SQZ CARG CarGurus, Inc. Banks - Regional 68.8 % 1.2 %
SQZ WIRE Encore Wire Corporation Shell Companies 68.8 % 4.8 %
CWH SNOW Snowflake Inc. Software - Application 68 % 4 %
SQZ OC Owens Corning Inc Banks - Regional 66.2 % 2.1 %
CWH TNGX Tango Therapeutics, Inc. Biotechnology 64.4 % 3.1 %
SQZ HIBB Hibbett, Inc. Apparel Retail 63.3 % 1 %
SQZ CRESY Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. Conglomerates 63 % 2.3 %
SQZ LEN Lennar Corporation Class A Residential Construction 62.7 % 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.

Breakdowns within 5% of Breakdown Price

Watchlist Symbol Company Industry C Score* % Loss
SS NGS Natural Gas Services Group, Inc. Biotechnology 72.9 % -0.3 %
SS PR Permian Resources Corporation Class A Asset Management 70.8 % -2.7 %
SS UDMY Udemy, Inc. Telecom Services 70.6 % -0.9 %
SS OII Oceaneering International, Inc. Asset Management 64.4 % -2.5 %
SS HAL Halliburton Company Packaged Foods 61 % -4.8 %
SS ULBI Ultralife Corporation Real Estate Services 60.1 % -1 %
SS TRDA Entrada Therapeutics, Inc. Biotechnology 58.3 % -1 %
SS FSP Franklin Street Properties Corp. REIT - Office 57 % -0.4 %
SS SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. Credit Services 55.2 % -3.9 %
SS ROIV Roivant Sciences Ltd. Biotechnology 51.3 % -2.9 %
*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 14.43 Groupon, Inc. Biotechnology 96.00 97.19 64.6
SURG 7.81 SurgePays, Inc. Software - Application 92.00 96.16 74.4
PRCT 49.39 PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation Medical Devices 90.00 97 56.4
MKSI 112.66 MKS Instruments, Inc. Computer Hardware 86.00 97.06 66.9
CG 41.40 The Carlyle Group Inc. Asset Management 85.00 98.91 65.4
*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.