Small-cap industrial goods companies can often be the biggest beneficiaries of a growing economy, with their revenues rapidly increasing when the rest of the business world is making investments in infrastructure. Equities.com's Small-Cap Stars, our proprietary list of small caps that feature a profile of fundamentals that would best indicate strong potential for future success, includes more than two dozen small-cap industrial goods companies that are well positioned to make major gains.
Here are today's top-performing industrial goods Small-Cap Stars:
Usmd Holdings Inc. (USMD)
Usmd Holdings Inc. gained 5.38% to $9.20. The gains came on a volume of 3,506 shares against an average daily volume of 1,955 shares. Usmd Holdings Inc. has had a trading range from $29.00 to $8.38 over the last year, it has a 50-day SMA of $9.89, and a 200-day SMA of $14.37.
USMD Holdings Inc., is a health care management company. USMD develops, operates, and manages entities that provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and hospital-based healthcare to patients.
Matrix Service Company (MTRX)
Matrix Service Company gained 5.03% to $24.01. The gains came on a volume of 1,173,460 shares against an average daily volume of 319,945 shares. Matrix Service Company has had a trading range from $38.71 to $15.87 over the last year, its P/E ratio is 17.2, it has a 50-day SMA of $29.24, and a 200-day SMA of $29.51.
Matrix Service Co provides engineering, fabrication, infrastructure, construction, and maintenance services to the oil, gas, power, petrochemical, industrial, mining and minerals markets.
Shiloh Industries Inc. (SHLO)
Shiloh Industries Inc. gained 3.77% to $18.99. The gains came on a volume of 71,480 shares against an average daily volume of 31,826 shares. Shiloh Industries Inc. has had a trading range from $25.34 to $11.71 over the last year, its P/E ratio is 12.6, it has a 50-day SMA of $17.51, and a 200-day SMA of $18.37.
Shiloh Industries Inc provides light weighting and noise, vibration and harshness solutions to automotive, commercial vehicle and other industrial markets.
Orion Marine Group (ORN)
Orion Marine Group gained 3.07% to $10.41. The gains came on a volume of 152,487 shares against an average daily volume of 104,412 shares. Orion Marine Group has had a trading range from $13.77 to $9.20 over the last year, it has a 50-day SMA of $10.64, and a 200-day SMA of $11.35.
Orion Marine Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries provide a range of marine construction services on, over and under the water along the Gulf Coast, the Atlantic Seaboard and the Caribbean Basin.
Pgt Inc. (PGTI)
Pgt Inc. gained 1.63% to $10.60. The gains came on a volume of 271,829 shares against an average daily volume of 521,002 shares. Pgt Inc. has had a trading range from $12.61 to $7.34 over the last year, its P/E ratio is 22.3, it has a 50-day SMA of $9.13, and a 200-day SMA of $9.95.
PGT, Inc. is a U.S. manufacturer and supplier manufacturer of impact-resistant aluminum and vinyl-framed windows and doors and offers a broad range of fully customizable window and door products.
Small-Cap Stars Industrial Goods Companies - Keeping Your Portfolio Working for You
Many have predicted that the slow rebound of economic activity after the Great Recession means that there's pent-up demand for industrial goods, pent-up demand that could mean industrials are a good area to be invested in. The Small-Cap Stars system helps you identify which small-cap companies in the industry are the most likely to take off in the near future. It does this by using historical data to identify which fundamental metrics have been the most predictive of future success in the past and then identifying those companies that best fit that profile now.
For industrial goods companies in 2014, our system found that a high rate of reinvestment, a low effective tax rate, and a high ratio of fixed assets to total assets were among the most important metrics in selecting small-cap industrial goods companies.
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