Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $444.4500 Strong Buy or Hold
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $310.8200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $449.5700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $305.8100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $63.5700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3167.4600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ANET Arista Networks Inc $230.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $325.9300 Strong Buy or Hold
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $830.4200 Strong Buy or Hold
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $63.4100 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $389.1200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $52.4100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $298.0000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
EVR Evercore Inc $61.9600 Strong Buy or Hold
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $268.4400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
FIVE Five Below Inc $102.4600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $67.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $32.1500 Strong Buy or Hold
FTNT Fortinet Inc $131.0000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1498.3700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.7400 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $355.6600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $126.0800 Strong Buy or Hold
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $98.1400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $42.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $112.0400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $372.4400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $342.1200 Strong Buy or Hold
MA Mastercard Inc $328.0200 Strong Buy or Hold
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $123.1100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $508.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $44.2700 Strong Buy or Hold
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $48.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $115.8800 Strong Buy or Hold
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $494.7300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NSP Insperity Inc $69.8100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $447.9800 Strong Buy or Hold
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $88.1400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $64.3900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $198.6300 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $75.7900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SUI Sun Communities Inc $149.6500 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $144.3700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
THRM Gentherm Inc $42.6200 Strong Buy or Hold
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $115.0900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
TNET TriNet Group Inc $68.6700 Strong Buy or Hold
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $203.8800 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $317.0300 Strong Buy or Hold
V Visa Inc $196.3600 Strong Buy or Hold
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $261.2200 Very Concerned, may need to wait

One of the biggest challenges in investing in the stock market is picking the best stocks. In my book, “The Confident Investor” I teach my readers how to pick Good Companies. This page is designed to show the raw performance of these companies. It is not designed to show my personal portfolio, which may or may not exceed the performance stated here. Since I use the trading system described in my book, you can assume that I beat the performance recorded here.

I must caution you, I do not actually propose that you “buy and hold” any given stock, but rather you should “buy to hold” the stock. My investing technique teaches you to efficiently move your money to the stocks that are currently increasing in value the most. I use my Watch List for this work, these are Good Companies that I wait for great buying opportunities. This strategy is well described in my book, “The Confident Investor” and tends to be a very safe strategy in bear markets while typically still providing above market returns in a bull or flat market.

My Short Term Watch List are 15 companies that are hot right now. I select this list every quarter. I evenly divide a portion of my portfolio among these 15 companies. The next quarter, I add or delete companies as necessary and then re-balance the portfolio. This tends to be a more risky strategy because I don’t bail out on bad stock movement (at least until the end of the quarter). In a bull market or a flat market, these very well-run and high-performing companies tend to beat the general market by a significant margin.

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WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Stock
Ticker
Company
name
Latest
price
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ago
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Month
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Month ago
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Week
ago
Week ago
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AAPL Apple Inc. $444.45 $199.02 123.32% $309.56 43.58% $382.30 16.26% $424.26 4.76%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $310.82 $191.00 62.73% $187.07 66.15% $265.68 16.99% $299.94 3.63%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $449.57 $294.83 52.48% $367.51 22.33% $460.84 -2.45% $444.32 1.18%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $305.81 $183.33 66.81% $210.03 45.60% $274.08 11.58% $293.82 4.08%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $63.57 $46.44 36.87% $53.60 18.59% $63.49 0.13% $64.33 -1.18%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,167.46 $1,807.58 75.23% $2,379.61 33.11% $3,182.63 -0.48% $3,164.68 0.09%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $230.80 $228.73 0.90% $218.01 5.87% $218.79 5.49% $259.77 -11.15%
AVGO Broadcom Inc $325.93 $263.11 23.88% $272.11 19.78% $321.50 1.38% $316.75 2.90%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $830.42 $633.74 31.03% $657.42 26.31% $726.25 14.34% $849.76 -2.28%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $63.41 $90.19 -29.69% $57.94 9.44% $57.61 10.07% $57.77 9.76%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $389.12 $245.53 58.48% $368.35 5.64% $385.50 0.94% $386.61 0.65%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $52.41 $41.68 25.75% $41.06 27.63% $49.14 6.65% $50.77 3.23%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $298.00 $186.50 59.79% $223.30 33.45% $262.10 13.70% $290.08 2.73%
EVR Evercore Inc $61.96 $76.10 -18.58% $51.99 19.18% $53.70 15.38% $55.30 12.04%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $268.44 $187.85 42.90% $212.35 26.41% $244.50 9.79% $253.67 5.82%
FIVE Five Below Inc $102.46 $109.16 -6.14% $90.50 13.22% $100.52 1.93% $108.91 -5.92%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $67.85 $42.00 61.55% $42.90 58.16% $58.43 16.12% $65.90 2.96%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $32.15 $29.80 7.88% $27.71 16.00% $27.37 17.46% $30.91 4.01%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $131.00 $83.53 56.83% $136.84 -4.27% $149.60 -12.43% $138.30 -5.28%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1,498.37 $1,188.90 26.03% $1,384.34 8.24% $1,518.66 -1.34% $1,487.95 0.70%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.74 $14.57 1.17% $13.15 12.09% $13.27 11.08% $14.34 2.79%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $355.66 $294.00 20.97% $309.87 14.78% $372.60 -4.55% $382.16 -6.93%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $126.08 $137.37 -8.22% $110.44 14.16% $105.46 19.55% $108.25 16.47%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $98.14 $87.39 12.30% $100.69 -2.53% $99.83 -1.69% $99.89 -1.75%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $42.78 $33.57 27.44% $37.66 13.61% $43.98 -2.73% $43.49 -1.63%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $112.04 $75.57 48.26% $71.18 57.40% $98.69 13.53% $114.11 -1.81%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $372.44 $191.84 94.14% $264.40 40.86% $335.76 10.92% $377.16 -1.25%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $342.12 $182.82 87.13% $237.99 43.75% $315.08 8.58% $325.59 5.08%
MA Mastercard Inc $328.02 $273.48 19.94% $282.06 16.29% $294.59 11.35% $308.53 6.32%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $123.11 $74.35 65.57% $101.50 21.29% $114.40 7.61% $127.44 -3.40%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $508.20 $360.12 41.12% $483.17 5.18% $547.96 -7.26% $516.09 -1.53%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $44.27 $61.28 -27.76% $36.50 21.29% $37.14 19.20% $39.78 11.29%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $48.75 $41.52 17.41% $48.25 1.04% $49.98 -2.46% $50.06 -2.61%
MTCH Match Group Inc $115.88 $85.63 35.33% $79.99 44.87% $96.32 20.31% $102.70 12.83%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $494.73 $308.93 60.14% $435.55 13.59% $507.76 -2.57% $488.88 1.20%
NSP Insperity Inc $69.81 $93.11 -25.02% $53.98 29.34% $60.97 14.50% $66.86 4.41%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $447.98 $153.75 191.38% $312.36 43.42% $420.36 6.57% $424.59 5.51%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $88.14 $95.32 -7.53% $77.25 14.09% $75.57 16.64% $87.10 1.19%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $64.39 $41.26 56.06% $44.87 43.49% $55.17 16.71% $63.95 0.69%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $198.63 $104.82 89.50% $144.96 37.02% $183.23 8.40% $196.07 1.31%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $75.79 $94.36 -19.68% $77.45 -2.14% $73.17 3.58% $76.12 -0.43%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $149.65 $138.11 8.36% $133.39 12.19% $138.16 8.32% $149.93 -0.19%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $144.37 $76.14 89.61% $110.80 30.29% $132.73 8.77% $145.58 -0.83%
THRM Gentherm Inc $42.62 $38.60 10.41% $39.09 9.03% $37.23 14.48% $38.77 9.93%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $115.09 $77.52 48.46% $98.52 16.82% $106.17 8.40% $107.38 7.18%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $68.67 $72.79 -5.66% $51.60 33.08% $58.79 16.81% $66.00 4.05%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $203.88 $346.70 -41.19% $230.07 -11.38% $192.30 6.02% $192.99 5.64%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $317.03 $244.51 29.66% $285.77 10.94% $291.16 8.89% $302.78 4.71%
V Visa Inc $196.36 $177.94 10.35% $184.78 6.27% $192.21 2.16% $190.40 3.13%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $261.22 $162.16 61.09% $192.34 35.81% $256.69 1.76% $264.57 -1.27%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 34.98%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned 22.41%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned 7.69%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned 2.26%

 

SHORT TERM WATCH LIST STOCK RESULTS

 

Stock
Ticker
Company
name
Latest
price
Year
ago
Year ago
change
Quarter
ago
Quarter ago
change
Month
ago
Month ago
change
Week
ago
Week ago
change
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,167.46 $1,807.58 75.23% $2,379.61 33.11% $3,182.63 -0.48% $3,164.68 0.09%
AAPL Apple Inc. $444.45 $199.02 123.32% $309.56 43.58% $382.30 16.26% $424.26 4.76%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $449.57 $294.83 52.48% $367.51 22.33% $460.84 -2.45% $444.32 1.18%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $298.00 $186.50 59.79% $223.30 33.45% $262.10 13.70% $290.08 2.73%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $131.00 $83.53 56.83% $136.84 -4.27% $149.60 -12.43% $138.30 -5.28%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $372.44 $191.84 94.14% $264.40 40.86% $335.76 10.92% $377.16 -1.25%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $342.12 $182.82 87.13% $237.99 43.75% $315.08 8.58% $325.59 5.08%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $123.11 $74.35 65.57% $101.50 21.29% $114.40 7.61% $127.44 -3.40%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $508.20 $360.12 41.12% $483.17 5.18% $547.96 -7.26% $516.09 -1.53%
MTCH Match Group Inc $115.88 $85.63 35.33% $79.99 44.87% $96.32 20.31% $102.70 12.83%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $447.98 $153.75 191.38% $312.36 43.42% $420.36 6.57% $424.59 5.51%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $198.63 $104.82 89.50% $144.96 37.02% $183.23 8.40% $196.07 1.31%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $144.37 $76.14 89.61% $110.80 30.29% $132.73 8.77% $145.58 -0.83%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $115.09 $77.52 48.46% $98.52 16.82% $106.17 8.40% $107.38 7.18%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $261.22 $162.16 61.09% $192.34 35.81% $256.69 1.76% $264.57 -1.27%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 78.06%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned 29.83%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned 5.91%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned 1.81%

Short Term List returned 78%
High growth stock: NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA) at 191%
Total Execution Time: 0.66631412506104 Sec

Symbol Stock Price change today
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 6.4662%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 4.8793%
EVR Evercore Inc 2.6338%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 2.3598%
NSP Insperity Inc 2.1062%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 2.0635%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp 2.0047%
MTCH Match Group Inc 1.6759%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 1.3287%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. 1.258%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 1.1912%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 1.1489%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 1.0392%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.9457%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. 0.9034%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.8996%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 0.8668%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. 0.6723%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 0.1748%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.1718%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 0.1027%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -0.0629%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -0.0637%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc -0.1299%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -0.2706%
FIVE Five Below Inc -0.3792%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A -0.4372%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc -0.5132%
MA Mastercard Inc -0.6422%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -0.7178%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC -0.7791%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -0.8738%
AVGO Broadcom Inc -0.9813%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -1.1998%
V Visa Inc -1.2125%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc -1.2769%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -1.3207%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -1.4213%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -1.7842%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc -1.8404%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. -2.1072%
AAPL Apple Inc. -2.2695%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -2.3606%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -2.4988%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc -2.6753%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -2.8188%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -3.1329%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc -3.6906%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -6.0999%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -10.9358%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $455.6100 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $314.9800 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $464.1100 Strong Buy or Hold
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $301.8000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $63.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3225.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc $236.3800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AVGO Broadcom Inc $329.1600 Strong Buy or Hold
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $831.5000 Strong Buy or Hold
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $60.4600 Some Concerns, may need to wait
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $392.5500 Strong Buy or Hold
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $51.3800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $297.4800 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
EVR Evercore Inc $60.3700 Strong Buy or Hold
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $265.2800 Strong Buy or Hold
FIVE Five Below Inc $102.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $68.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $31.5000 Strong Buy or Hold
FTNT Fortinet Inc $139.5100 Strong Buy or Hold
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1504.9500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.7800 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $399.3300 Strong Buy or Hold
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $127.0700 Strong Buy or Hold
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $99.9800 Strong Buy or Hold
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $42.3400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $112.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $377.8100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $339.1800 Strong Buy or Hold
MA Mastercard Inc $330.1400 Strong Buy or Hold
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $125.7600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $503.6500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $43.7200 Strong Buy or Hold
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $48.7000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTCH Match Group Inc $113.9700 Strong Buy or Hold
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $509.0800 Strong Buy or Hold
NSP Insperity Inc $68.3700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $453.4200 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $89.2800 Strong Buy or Hold
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $63.9600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $204.0900 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $75.6600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SUI Sun Communities Inc $146.2000 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $148.0700 Strong Buy or Hold
THRM Gentherm Inc $42.2400 Strong Buy or Hold
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $108.1000 Strong Buy or Hold
TNET TriNet Group Inc $67.8900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $204.0100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $314.0600 Strong Buy or Hold
V Visa Inc $198.7700 Strong Buy or Hold
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $271.2300 Strong Buy or Hold

Symbol Stock Price change today
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock 6.4868%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 4.0845%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 3.9512%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 3.9453%
AAPL Apple Inc. 3.4889%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated 3.248%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 1.8573%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A 1.7484%
TNET TriNet Group Inc 1.3889%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 1.3881%
V Visa Inc 1.3616%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 1.1458%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. 1.1021%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 1.0151%
MA Mastercard Inc 0.6524%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 0.6231%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.5917%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc 0.5815%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 0.5316%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.5088%
EVR Evercore Inc 0.466%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.4319%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.3826%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 0.1854%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 0.1419%
AVGO Broadcom Inc -0.1153%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. -0.1651%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -0.2262%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc -0.3454%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -0.3518%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -0.3643%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc -0.3687%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -0.4353%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.6372%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc -0.6989%
THRM Gentherm Inc -0.8916%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp -0.9256%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation -1.0057%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc -1.112%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -1.2625%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -1.476%
NSP Insperity Inc -1.6966%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -1.7307%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -1.9423%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. -2.0408%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -2.6039%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -3.2659%
FIVE Five Below Inc -3.545%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. -4.6033%
MTCH Match Group Inc -5.5836%