Chart Of The Day: NVR Is Bucking The Trend

Jim Van Meerten - ?Barchart ?-?Thu Apr 20, 7:00AM CDT

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The Chart of the Day ?belongs to the residential construction company NVR?(NVR) ??.?I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the Flipchart?feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation.?Since the Trend Seeker signaled a buy on 1/6 the stock gained 22.24%.

NVR, Inc. operates as a homebuilder in the United States. The company operates through, Homebuilding and Mortgage Banking segments. It engages in the construction and sale of single-family detached homes, townhomes, and condominium buildings under the Ryan Homes, NVHomes, and Heartland Homes names. The company markets its Ryan Homes products to first-time and first-time move-up buyers; and NVHomes and Heartland Homes products to move-up and luxury buyers. It also provides various mortgage related services to its homebuilding customers, as well as brokers title insurance; performs title searches in connection with mortgage loan closings; and sells mortgage loans to investors in the secondary markets on a servicing released basis. The company primarily serves in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C. NVR, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

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Barchart Technical Indicators:

• 100% technical buy signals
• 46.40+Weighted Alpha
• 31.85% gain in the last year
• Trend Seeker buy signal
• Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
• 10 new highs and up 6.49% in the last month
• Relative Strength Index 75.45%
• Recently traded at $5,858.01 with 50 day moving average of $5,348.00

Fundamental Factors:

• Market Cap $18.93 billion
• P/E 11.57
• Revenue expected to decrease 13.60%% this year and another 2.80% next year
• Earnings are estimated to decrease 24.40% this year and an additional 2.30% next year but continue to compound at an annual rate of 2.40% for the next 5 years

Analysts and Investor Sentiment?-- I don't buy stocks because everyone else is buying but I do realize that if major firms and investors are dumping a stock it's hard to make money swimming against the tide:

• Wall Street analysts issued?2 strong buy and 5 hold opinions on this stock
• Wall Street analysts gave price targets from $5,300 to $6,405
• The individual investors following the stock on Motley Fool voted 321 to 218 for the stock to beat the market with the more experienced investors voting 81 to 55 for the same result
• Value Line gave the stock an above average rating of 2
• CFRAs MarketScope has a strong buy rating
• 8,720 investors monitor the stock on Seeking Alpha

Disclosure:?I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, but may initiate a beneficial Long position through a purchase of the stock, or the purchase of call options or similar derivatives in?the next 72 hours.

Additional disclosure:?The Barchart Chart of the Day highlights stocks that are experiencing exceptional current price appreciation. They are not intended to be buy recommendations as these stocks are extremely volatile and speculative. Should you decide to add one of these stocks to your investment portfolio it is highly suggested you follow a predetermined diversification and moving stop loss discipline that is consistent with your personal investment risk tolerance and reevaluate your stop losses at least on a weekly basis.