The Barchart Chart of the Day belongs to the REIT Essential Properties RealtyTrust (EPRT). I found the stock by sorting Barchart's Top Stocks to Own list first by the most frequent number of new highs in the last month, then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 1/16 the stock gained 7.45%.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. is a real estate company. It owns, acquires and manages single-tenant properties which are net leased on a long-term basis to service-oriented and experience-based businesses. The company serves restaurants, car washes, automotive services, medical services, convenience stores, entertainment, early childhood education, health and fitness sector. Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. is based in Princeton, New Jersey.

EPRT

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Barchart technical indicators:

  • 96% technical buy signals
  • 18.50+ Weighted Alpha
  • 14.15% technical buy signals
  • Trend Spotter buy signals
  • Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
  • 18 new highs and up 12.58% in the last month
  • Relative Strength Index 79.72%
  • Technical support level at 15.25
  • Recently traded at 15.59 with a 50 day moving average of 14.16

Fundamental factors:

  • Market Cap $680 million
  • Dividend Yield 5.72%
  • Revenue expected to grow 35.90% next year
  • Earnings estimated to increase 80.00% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 48.67% for the next 5 years
  • Only one individual investor is following the stock on Motley Fool and expects the stock to beat the market
  • 703 investors are following the stock on Seeking Alpha