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Barchart.coms Chart of the Day - Valspar Corp (VAL)

Barchart Research Team - BC - Sat Apr 28, 4:01PM CDT

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VAL - Valspar Corp.

The "Chart of the Day" is Valspar Corp (VAL), which showed up on Friday's Barchart "All-Time High" list. Valspar on Friday posted a new all-time high of $52.12 and closed up +2.40%. TrendSpotter has been Long since April 16 at $50.23. TrendSpotter was in a neutral mode in the second week of April after taking a 31% profit on a long trade held from late November to early April. In recent news on the stock, Valspar on Feb 14 reported Q1 EPS of 58 cents, above the consensus of 48 cents. Gabelli on Feb 28 initiated coverage on Valspar with a Buy due to the potential housing recovery and Valspar's debt reduction and margin improvement efforts. Valspar, with a market cap of $4.7 billion, is a global leader in the paint and coatings industry, with a broad range of products including industrial, architectural, packaging, automotive refinish and floor coatings, and specialty polymers and colorants.

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How we found the Chart of the Day:

We found the "Chart of the Day" by scanning the Barchart "All Time High" list. In order to get to that list, we first clicked on the Stocks menu item on the Barchart home page, then on the "All Time Highs" menu item on the left menu bar. We then sorted the list by percentage gainers by clicking on the "Percent" column title. A stock that has posted a new All-Time high is typically showing strong upside momentum.

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• TrendSpotter: Buy
• Short-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
• Medium-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
• Long-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
• Overall Average 100% Buy

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