IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDXX)

The Barchart Chart of the Day belongs to the pet healthcare company IDEXX Laboratories (NASDAQ:IDXX). The last time I featured IDEXX was May 28, 2016 when it traded at 90.07. Today it closed at 658.99. I sorted Barchart's All Time High list first by the highest number of new highs in the last month, then used the Flipchart function to review the charts for consistent price appreciation. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 5/21 the stock gained 19.88%.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes products and services primarily for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, dairy, and water testing markets worldwide. The company operates through CAG; Water Quality Products; Livestock, Poultry and Dairy; and Other segments. It provides point-of-care veterinary diagnostic products, including instruments, consumables, and rapid assay test kits; veterinary reference laboratory diagnostic and consulting services; practice management and diagnostic imaging systems and services for veterinarians; and health monitoring, biological materials testing, and laboratory animal diagnostic instruments and services for biomedical research community. The company also offers diagnostic and health-monitoring products for livestock, poultry, and dairy; products that test water for various microbiological contaminants; and point-of-care electrolytes and blood gas analyzers and SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR that are used in the human point-of-care medical diagnostics market; in-clinic chemistry, blood and urine chemistry, hematology, and SediVue Dx analyzers; SNAP rapid assays test kits. In addition, it provides Colilert, Colilert-18, and Colisure tests, which detect the presence of total coliforms and E. coli in water; Enterolert, Pseudalert, Filta-Max and Filta-Max xpress, Legiolert, and Quanti-Tray products; veterinary software and services for independent veterinary clinics and corporate groups. The company markets its products through marketing, customer service, sales, and technical service groups, as well as through independent distributors and other resellers. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Westbrook, Maine.

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Barchart technical indicators:

100% technical buy signals
96.62+ Weighted Alpha
94.12% gain in the last year
Trend Spotter buy signal
Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
18 new highs and up 18.02% in the last month
Relative Strength Index 84.79%
Technical support level at 649.01
Recently traded at 658.99 with a 50 day moving average of 569.26
Fundamental factors:

Market Cap $55.28 billion
P/E 82.23
Revenue expected to grow 16.00% this year and another 10.20% next year
Earnings estimated to increase 20.70% this year, an additional 12.30% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 16.74% for the next 5 years
Wall Street analysts issued 4 strong buy, 3 buy , 3 hold and 1 sell recommendations on the stock
The individual investors following the stock on Motley Fool voted 639 to 11 that the stock will beat the market
16,690 investors are monitoring the stock on Seeking Alpha
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 stock 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.
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 IDXX, over the next 72 hours.

Leading position in veterinary tech. Long history of outperformance