The average large cap score this week is 63.77, above the four week moving average score of 61.65. The average large cap stock is trading -7.83% below its 52 week high, 5.32% above its 200 dma, has 4.48 days to cover held short, and is expected to post EPS growth of 13.42% next year.

Our top scoring large cap stocks from 1 year ago produced an average 666 bps of excess return to the S&P 500 over the past year.

Utilities are the top scoring sector across our universe, followed by industrial goods. Healthcare and consumer goods score in line. Managers should be overweight large and mid cap healthcare and under weight small cap healthcare.

The average large cap score is 63.31, above the four week moving average score of 60.35. The average large cap stock is trading -7.95% below its 52 week high, 5.01% above its 200 dma, has 4.15 days to cover held short, and is expected to grow EPS by 13.34% next year.

Today I used Barchart to find the hottest stocks in the NASDAQ 100 Index. I first sorted the Index to find the stocks with the most frequent new highs in the last month, then used the Flipchart feature to find the best charts.

The top scoring sector remains utilities. Consumer goods, industrial goods, and healthcare also score above average. Financials, services, basics, and technology score below average.