Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $370.4600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $292.9400 Strong Buy or Hold
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $430.3100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $298.1400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $60.6200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3008.9100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $236.8100 Strong Buy or Hold
AVGO Broadcom Inc $305.7900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $703.7700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $60.6400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $386.9100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $51.7700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $274.1000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
EVR Evercore Inc $56.5700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $230.7100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FIVE Five Below Inc $110.1800 Strong Buy or Hold
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $67.8200 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $29.6200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FTNT Fortinet Inc $133.0400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1508.2100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.5400 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $382.2500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $112.8900 Strong Buy or Hold
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $96.8500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $45.1100 Strong Buy or Hold
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $113.9300 Strong Buy or Hold
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $345.7200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $321.5000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MA Mastercard Inc $306.9200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $119.7000 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $505.8100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $40.0700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $50.0200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MTCH Match Group Inc $90.3600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $480.4500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $65.2000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $407.7800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $85.0000 Strong Buy or Hold
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $63.6800 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $172.5600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $75.7800 Strong Buy or Hold
SUI Sun Communities Inc $141.8800 Strong Buy or Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $131.6100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
THRM Gentherm Inc $39.5700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $104.9300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $61.8800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $203.7100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $300.7900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
V Visa Inc $195.1500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $251.9500 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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AAPL Apple Inc. $370.46 $205.30 80.45% $282.22 31.26% $353.63 4.76% $385.31 -3.85%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $292.94 $272.66 7.44% $168.52 73.83% $239.27 22.43% $284.55 2.95%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $430.31 $311.27 38.24% $344.10 25.05% $426.92 0.79% $432.42 -0.49%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $298.14 $198.84 49.94% $191.97 55.31% $263.14 13.30% $322.30 -7.50%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $60.62 $49.98 21.29% $51.54 17.62% $58.38 3.84% $62.30 -2.70%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,008.91 $1,943.05 54.85% $2,410.22 24.84% $2,692.87 11.74% $2,961.97 1.58%
ANET Arista Networks Inc $236.81 $272.98 -13.25% $216.81 9.22% $210.63 12.43% $219.57 7.85%
AVGO Broadcom Inc $305.79 $287.14 6.49% $262.00 16.71% $307.41 -0.53% $312.71 -2.21%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $703.77 $634.26 10.96% $593.60 18.56% $691.07 1.84% $706.22 -0.35%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $60.64 $89.02 -31.88% $60.28 0.60% $58.81 3.11% $61.01 -0.61%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $386.91 $256.65 50.75% $366.53 5.56% $365.81 5.77% $390.22 -0.85%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $51.77 $48.86 5.95% $38.52 34.39% $48.54 6.65% $54.14 -4.38%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $274.10 $200.82 36.49% $203.03 35.00% $244.38 12.16% $264.69 3.56%
EVR Evercore Inc $56.57 $86.47 -34.58% $47.13 20.03% $55.58 1.78% $57.21 -1.12%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $230.71 $199.75 15.50% $190.07 21.38% $216.08 6.77% $242.03 -4.68%
FIVE Five Below Inc $110.18 $121.56 -9.36% $80.98 36.06% $103.56 6.39% $103.51 6.44%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $67.82 $38.73 75.11% $36.31 86.78% $54.18 25.18% $61.21 10.80%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $29.62 $28.14 5.26% $27.95 5.96% $28.62 3.49% $29.83 -0.70%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $133.04 $85.36 55.86% $103.27 28.83% $134.55 -1.12% $129.12 3.04%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1,508.21 $1,245.22 21.12% $1,276.60 18.14% $1,362.54 10.69% $1,516.85 -0.57%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.54 $17.84 -18.50% $10.22 42.27% $12.87 12.98% $14.50 0.28%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $382.25 $300.90 27.04% $309.07 23.68% $360.08 6.16% $383.64 -0.36%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $112.89 $138.05 -18.23% $107.15 5.36% $107.94 4.59% $108.04 4.49%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $96.85 $90.80 6.66% $97.54 -0.71% $97.56 -0.73% $97.78 -0.95%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $45.11 $36.55 23.44% $35.81 25.97% $41.35 9.09% $45.03 0.18%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $113.93 $72.48 57.19% $48.78 133.56% $81.47 39.84% $111.48 2.20%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $345.72 $207.00 67.02% $265.67 30.13% $302.52 14.28% $346.27 -0.16%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $321.50 $190.61 68.67% $214.55 49.85% $289.53 11.04% $316.82 1.48%
MA Mastercard Inc $306.92 $280.56 9.39% $258.42 18.77% $288.95 6.22% $304.06 0.94%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $119.70 $86.84 37.84% $92.18 29.86% $108.59 10.23% $118.06 1.39%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $505.81 $345.89 46.24% $420.51 20.28% $489.83 3.26% $532.54 -5.02%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $40.07 $51.92 -22.82% $33.23 20.58% $43.41 -7.69% $40.82 -1.84%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $50.02 $47.49 5.33% $44.16 13.27% $48.49 3.16% $49.47 1.11%
MTCH Match Group Inc $90.36 $77.19 17.06% $81.23 11.24% $101.18 -10.69% $91.75 -1.51%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $480.45 $335.78 43.08% $424.99 13.05% $443.40 8.36% $492.99 -2.54%
NSP Insperity Inc $65.20 $141.90 -54.05% $40.12 62.50% $60.58 7.63% $67.00 -2.69%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $407.78 $174.58 133.58% $289.46 40.88% $366.20 11.35% $408.06 -0.07%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $85.00 $99.42 -14.51% $58.86 44.40% $79.57 6.82% $84.59 0.48%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $63.68 $45.53 39.88% $32.74 94.49% $56.03 13.65% $63.55 0.20%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $172.56 $115.49 49.42% $120.18 43.58% $170.87 0.99% $173.92 -0.78%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $75.78 $97.27 -22.09% $75.17 0.81% $71.57 5.88% $74.16 2.18%
SUI Sun Communities Inc $141.88 $130.21 8.96% $126.00 12.60% $135.20 4.94% $135.89 4.41%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $131.61 $84.45 55.84% $96.15 36.88% $125.85 4.58% $133.95 -1.75%
THRM Gentherm Inc $39.57 $41.70 -5.11% $34.33 15.26% $36.88 7.29% $39.51 0.15%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $104.93 $84.25 24.55% $90.80 15.56% $105.20 -0.26% $105.35 -0.40%
TNET TriNet Group Inc $61.88 $76.78 -19.41% $43.18 43.31% $58.72 5.38% $62.35 -0.75%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $203.71 $353.88 -42.44% $210.52 -3.23% $189.99 7.22% $203.00 0.35%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $300.79 $248.75 20.92% $290.05 3.70% $286.88 4.85% $306.53 -1.87%
V Visa Inc $195.15 $182.55 6.90% $167.04 16.83% $189.27 3.11% $195.09 0.03%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $251.95 $170.47 47.80% $187.63 34.28% $234.93 7.24% $250.30 0.66%

Over the last year, my Watch List returned 20.53%
Over the last quarter, my Watch List returned 29.28%
Over the last month, my Watch List returned 7.05%
Over the last week, my Watch List returned 0.12%

 

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
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AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $3,008.91 $1,943.05 54.85% $2,410.22 24.84% $2,692.87 11.74% $2,961.97 1.58%
AAPL Apple Inc. $370.46 $205.30 80.45% $282.22 31.26% $353.63 4.76% $385.31 -3.85%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $430.31 $311.27 38.24% $344.10 25.05% $426.92 0.79% $432.42 -0.49%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $274.10 $200.82 36.49% $203.03 35.00% $244.38 12.16% $264.69 3.56%
FTNT Fortinet Inc $133.04 $85.36 55.86% $103.27 28.83% $134.55 -1.12% $129.12 3.04%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $345.72 $207.00 67.02% $265.67 30.13% $302.52 14.28% $346.27 -0.16%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $321.50 $190.61 68.67% $214.55 49.85% $289.53 11.04% $316.82 1.48%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $119.70 $86.84 37.84% $92.18 29.86% $108.59 10.23% $118.06 1.39%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $505.81 $345.89 46.24% $420.51 20.28% $489.83 3.26% $532.54 -5.02%
MTCH Match Group Inc $90.36 $77.19 17.06% $81.23 11.24% $101.18 -10.69% $91.75 -1.51%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $407.78 $174.58 133.58% $289.46 40.88% $366.20 11.35% $408.06 -0.07%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $172.56 $115.49 49.42% $120.18 43.58% $170.87 0.99% $173.92 -0.78%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $131.61 $84.45 55.84% $96.15 36.88% $125.85 4.58% $133.95 -1.75%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $104.93 $84.25 24.55% $90.80 15.56% $105.20 -0.26% $105.35 -0.40%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $251.95 $170.47 47.80% $187.63 34.28% $234.93 7.24% $250.30 0.66%

Over the last year, my Short Term Watch List returned 54.26%
Over the last quarter, my Short Term Watch List returned 30.50%
Over the last month, my Short Term Watch List returned 5.36%
Over the last week, my Short Term Watch List returned -0.16%

Short Term List returned 54%
High growth stock: NVIDIA Corporation ($NVDA) at 134%
Total Execution Time: 0.64475297927856 Sec

Symbol Stock Price change today
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc 1.9237%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 1.466%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 1.0376%
FIVE Five Below Inc 0.9529%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 0.7487%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc 0.7357%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 0.6392%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. 0.6009%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation 0.5573%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. 0.4656%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc 0.4019%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.2686%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 0.2004%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC -0.1062%
AAPL Apple Inc. -0.2477%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. -0.3043%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -0.3312%
GTN Gray Television, Inc. -0.5472%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.5533%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A -0.563%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -0.6618%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -0.7195%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc -0.7477%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -0.8126%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc -0.8227%
THRM Gentherm Inc -0.8271%
MTCH Match Group Inc -0.8667%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp -0.8997%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc -0.9385%
MA Mastercard Inc -0.9616%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc -0.9877%
ANET Arista Networks Inc -1.0405%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -1.0868%
V Visa Inc -1.1548%
AVGO Broadcom Inc -1.2529%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -1.4511%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc -1.4808%
FTNT Fortinet Inc -1.5685%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. -1.5904%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation -1.5947%
EVR Evercore Inc -1.7711%
TNET TriNet Group Inc -1.8089%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -1.91%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc -2.3493%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -2.5647%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -2.756%
NSP Insperity Inc -3.0339%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. -3.218%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -4.7305%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. -4.9772%

Stock ticker Stock name Last Close Recommendation
AAPL Apple Inc. $371.3800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. $294.5700 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated $431.7400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $299.0500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. $63.6300 Strong Buy or Hold
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. $2986.5500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ANET Arista Networks Inc $239.3000 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
AVGO Broadcom Inc $309.6700 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CSGP CoStar Group Inc $698.6300 Very Concerned, may need to wait
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. $61.6200 Strong Buy or Hold
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. $381.3200 Very Concerned, may need to wait
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp $52.2400 Very Concerned, may need to wait
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc $278.2200 Strong Buy or Hold
EVR Evercore Inc $57.5900 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock $232.6000 Very Concerned, may need to wait
FIVE Five Below Inc $109.1400 Strong Buy or Hold
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc $66.5400 Strong Buy or Hold, but there are some concerns
FSS Federal Signal Corporation $30.1000 Strong Buy or Hold
FTNT Fortinet Inc $135.1600 Some Concerns, may need to wait
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A $1516.7500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
GTN Gray Television, Inc. $14.6200 Strong Buy or Hold
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $386.4500 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC $113.0100 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc $99.1800 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc $45.5600 Strong Buy or Hold
LGIH LGI Homes Inc $112.7600 Strong Buy or Hold
LRCX Lam Research Corporation $354.8200 Strong Buy or Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. $320.0100 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
MA Mastercard Inc $309.9000 Strong Buy or Hold
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. $123.6800 Strong Buy or Hold
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. $509.1800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MTZ MasTec, Inc. $40.6600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
MU Micron Technology, Inc. $52.6400 Strong Buy or Hold
MTCH Match Group Inc $91.1500 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NFLX Netflix, Inc. $477.5800 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NSP Insperity Inc $67.2400 Strong Buy or Hold
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation $405.1900 Very Concerned, may need to wait
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc $84.8300 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. $64.9200 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $173.8600 Very Concerned, may need to wait
SBUX Starbucks Corporation $75.3600 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
SUI Sun Communities Inc $141.5000 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc $135.3400 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
THRM Gentherm Inc $39.9000 Strong Buy or Hold
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $104.5100 Very Concerned, may need to wait
TNET TriNet Group Inc $63.0200 Strong Buy or Hold
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc $205.6400 Possible Buy or Hold, but some concerns
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $302.9700 Concerned, but watch close as good things may happen soon
V Visa Inc $197.4300 Strong Buy or Hold
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc $254.0400 Very Concerned, may need to wait

Symbol Stock Price change today
GTN Gray Television, Inc. 2.9577%
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC 2.4941%
ANET Arista Networks Inc 2.3393%
MU Micron Technology, Inc. 1.9167%
FSS Federal Signal Corporation 1.1765%
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc. 1.0292%
EVR Evercore Inc 1.0174%
CVGW Calavo Growers, Inc. 1.0164%
THRM Gentherm Inc 0.9105%
KNX Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc 0.9081%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc 0.8234%
NXST Nexstar Media Group Inc 0.7243%
FTNT Fortinet Inc 0.6479%
SUI Sun Communities Inc 0.5829%
NSP Insperity Inc 0.2535%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 0.0974%
FIVE Five Below Inc 0.0458%
EPAM EPAM Systems Inc 0.0324%
TNET TriNet Group Inc -0.2375%
FND Floor & Decor Holdings Inc -0.3594%
TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc -0.4003%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc -0.7043%
V Visa Inc -0.7191%
ETFC E*TRADE Financial Corp -0.8917%
ABMD ABIOMED, Inc. -0.9083%
CSGP CoStar Group Inc -0.9092%
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. -0.9187%
MA Mastercard Inc -1.1073%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc -1.2194%
AVGO Broadcom Inc -1.3161%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. -1.3428%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc -1.7823%
LGIH LGI Homes Inc -1.9393%
LRCX Lam Research Corporation -1.9726%
DPZ Domino’s Pizza, Inc. -2.0045%
LULU Lululemon Athletica inc. -2.0537%
MTCH Match Group Inc -2.3776%
SBUX Starbucks Corporation -2.434%
NFLX Netflix, Inc. -2.4989%
PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc -2.5558%
MTZ MasTec, Inc. -2.9131%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -2.9601%
ADBE Adobe Systems Incorporated -2.9907%
FB Facebook, Inc. Common Stock -3.0308%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A -3.0738%
MKTX MarketAxess Holdings Inc. -3.4016%
PATK Patrick Industries, Inc. -3.4503%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. -3.6569%
AAPL Apple Inc. -4.5516%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. -5.9502%