The Chart of the Day belongs to the specialty chemical company Ingevity (NGVT). 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  1/10 the stock gained  14.84%.

Ingevity Corporation manufactures and sells specialty chemicals and activated carbon materials in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. The company operates through two segments, Performance Materials and Performance Chemicals. The Performance Materials segment engineers, manufactures, and sells hardwood-based and chemically activated carbon products primarily for use in gasoline vapor emission control systems in cars, motorcycles, trucks, and boats. This segment also produces other activated carbon products for use in various applications, including food, water, beverage, and chemical purification. The Performance Chemicals segment comprises of pavement technologies, industrial specialties, and engineered polymers. It manufactures products derived from crude tall oil and lignin extracted from the kraft pulping process, as well as caprolactone monomers and derivatives derived from cyclohexanone and hydrogen peroxide. This segment's products are used in various applications comprising warm mix paving, pavement preservation, pavement reconstruction and recycling, oil well service additives, oil production, and downstream applications; and adhesives, agrochemical dispersants, lubricants, printing inks, industrial intermediates and oilfield, coatings, resins, elastomers, bioplastics, and medical devices. Ingevity Corporation was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina.
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Barchart Technical Indicators:
- 100% technical buy signals
- 48.60+Weighted Alpha
- 35.41% gain in the last year
- Trend Seeker buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 10 new highs and up 13.06% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index  69.84%
- Recently traded at $90.75 with 50 day moving average of $78.48
Fundamental Factors:
- Market Cap $ 3.39 billion
- P/E 14.42
- Revenue expected to grow by 20.50% this year and another 9.00% next year
- Earnings estimated to increase 20.50% this year, an additional 10.50% next year and continue to increase at an annual rate of  6.20% 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 have 3 strong buy, 2 buy and 2 hold opinions in place on this stock
- Analysts have price targets from $76 to $115 with a consensus of $96.43 over 6.26% above todays close
- Value Line has a Timeliness rating of 3 (Average) and a 3 to 5 year price range of $125 to $190
- CFRAs Market scope has  Buy rating
- 9,940 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.
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