Top Stocks Week 18, 2014: Wireless Communication

Find best performing sector stocks of week 18 of 2014. Top stock industries are consumer services, wireless communication, oil & gas drilling exploration, etc.

Top Stocks

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, sector, and market capitalization. Major market indices have turned positive in 2014. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of 0.24%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of 1.19%.

Best weekly performance of industry stocks of week 18, 2014 (April 28, 2014 – May 4, 2014) are:

1. Toy & Hobby Stores – 11.57%
2. Consumer Services – 6.93%
3. Building Materials Wholesale – 6.69%
4. Telecom Services - Foreign
5. Wireless Communications
6. Resorts & Casinos
7. Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration
8. Surety & Title Insurance
9. Auto Dealerships
10. Electronics Stores
11. CATV Systems
12. Lodging
13. Semiconductor- Memory Chips
14. Home Furnishings & Fixtures
15. Toys & Games
16. Broadcasting - TV
17. Electronic Equipment
18. Diversified Communication Services
19. Rental & Leasing Services
20. Residential Construction

No.	Name	Perf Week	Perf Month	Perf Quart	Perf Half	Perf Year	Perf YTD
1	Toy & Hobby Stores	11.57%	22.45%	52.46%	72.86%	97.77%	76.29%
2	Consumer Services	6.93%	0.21%	3.39%	-8.53%	16.99%	-3.10%
3	Building Materials Wholesale	6.85%	-3.60%	-4.57%	-2.43%	-8.37%	-10.13%
4	Telecom Services - Foreign	6.69%	7.44%	12.53%	6.35%	15.86%	9.24%
5	Wireless Communications	5.24%	1.18%	0.88%	-5.40%	2.23%	-8.55%
6	Resorts & Casinos	4.83%	-2.79%	2.07%	16.06%	41.72%	2.57%
7	Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration	4.46%	7.13%	20.91%	-7.03%	-5.15%	4.17%
8	Surety & Title Insurance	4.28%	0.58%	10.12%	17.37%	27.73%	3.93%
9	Auto Dealerships	4.27%	-0.02%	9.12%	9.31%	15.70%	2.09%
10	Electronics Stores	4.12%	-3.88%	5.71%	-34.66%	2.61%	-31.62%
11	CATV Systems	3.81%	-0.82%	3.75%	13.03%	31.35%	0.59%
12	Lodging	3.79%	-1.04%	7.59%	13.67%	31.39%	2.25%
13	Semiconductor- Memory Chips	3.76%	7.18%	15.18%	50.18%	162.26%	21.57%
14	Home Furnishings & Fixtures	3.71%	-0.69%	-0.84%	5.25%	14.45%	-6.24%
15	Toys & Games	3.57%	-1.16%	8.59%	-4.25%	-0.10%	-9.91%
16	Broadcasting - TV	3.22%	-5.00%	3.64%	1.36%	27.52%	-6.23%
17	Electronic Equipment	3.19%	7.02%	16.67%	12.06%	34.86%	5.04%
18	Diversified Communication Services	3.17%	2.87%	5.52%	8.05%	14.46%	5.37%
19	Rental & Leasing Services	3.15%	2.09%	12.46%	28.62%	41.43%	8.99%
20	Residential Construction	3.15%	-2.76%	-4.52%	5.84%	-8.93%	-3.55%

Best Weekly Stocks

Looking into best weekly stocks can provide an insight what stock market will bring for the next session. Retail or institutional investors may want to rotate to this sector to avoid bad performance. Growth stocks have been dud for 2014, value stocks have been holding up better. Some great sectors in 2014 are real estate, semiconductors, oil & gas equipment, etc.

Top consumer services stocks of week 18 are:

1. Nutrisystem, Inc. – 20.26%
2. Intersections Inc. – 3.17%
3. EnviroStar, Inc. – 0.65%
4. Student Transportation, Inc.
5. Spark Networks, Inc.

No.	Company	Ticker	Perf Week	Perf Month	Perf Year	Perf YTD	Price
1	Nutrisystem, Inc.	NTRI	20.26%	5.79%	112.12%	3.45%	16.8
2	Intersections Inc.	INTX	3.17%	0.86%	-30.49%	-22.38%	5.86
3	EnviroStar, Inc.	EVI	0.65%	-4.29%	164.41%	4.00%	3.12
4	Student Transportation, Inc.	STB	0.16%	0.16%	2.14%	3.16%	6.21
5	Spark Networks, Inc.	LOV	-5.32%	-18.80%	-33.58%	-27.76%	4.45

Top wireless communications Stocks of week 18 are:

1. China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited
2. NTELOS Holdings Corp.
3. Sprint Nextel Corp.
4. T-Mobile US, Inc.
5. Inteliquent, Inc.
6. Globalstar Inc.
7. TIM Participacoes S.A.
8. SK Telecom Co. Ltd.
9. Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
10. Maxcom Telecomunicaciones S.A.B. de C.V.

No.	Company	Ticker	Perf Week	Perf Month	Perf Year	Perf YTD	Price
1	China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited	CHU	15.00%	16.51%	8.95%	2.17%	15.1
2	NTELOS Holdings Corp.	NTLS	12.93%	5.69%	12.33%	-25.19%	14.67
3	Sprint Nextel Corp.	S	11.25%	-7.35%	22.54%	-19.07%	8.7
4	T-Mobile US, Inc.	TMUS	10.15%	-4.45%	80.59%	-4.88%	32
5	Inteliquent, Inc.	IQNT	9.90%	-1.55%	304.70%	29.07%	14.65
6	Globalstar Inc.	GSAT	8.85%	-	-	1.07%	2.83
7	TIM Participacoes S.A.	TSU	8.39%	6.04%	41.58%	6.40%	27.92
8	SK Telecom Co. Ltd.	SKM	7.93%	8.52%	15.84%	-3.78%	23.69
9	Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.	UBNT	7.66%	-10.23%	154.83%	-11.01%	40.9
10	Maxcom Telecomunicaciones S.A.B. de C.V.	MXT	6.90%	8.14%	-16.96%	14.11%	1.86
11	Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS	TKC	5.43%	2.25%	-7.08%	9.06%	14.56
12	Portugal Telecom SGPS SA	PT	5.20%	0.24%	-10.53%	-1.62%	4.25
13	China Mobile Limited	CHL	5.18%	2.91%	-10.49%	-9.94%	47.09
14	United States Cellular Corporation	USM	4.74%	0.50%	26.67%	-0.05%	41.8
15	Telefonica Brasil, S.A.	VIV	4.59%	3.43%	-16.11%	15.92%	21.41
16	Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI	3.97%	-3.33%	-15.69%	-11.03%	39.83
17	Telephone & Data Systems Inc.	TDS	2.70%	1.12%	21.71%	5.42%	27.02
18	TELUS Corporation	TU	2.41%	-1.29%	2.23%	3.34%	35.26
19	Vodafone Group plc	VOD	2.24%	2.10%	28.74%	-6.44%	37.49
20	America Movil S.A.B. de C.V.	AMX	2.03%	-2.00%	-3.31%	-13.86%	20.13

Top Sector Stocks

Looking into the top sectors, you can find only technology sector have turned positive for this week. Is this a dead cat bouncing or is the technology stocks finally turn to positive? Whether you are a momentum or value investor, you need to be vigilant for next several weeks.

Top sector stocks of week 18 are:

1. Technology – 1.79%
2. Basic Materials – 1.59%
3. Healthcare – 1.45%
4. Services
5. Financial
6. Consumer Goods
7. Industrial Goods
8. Conglomerates
9. Utilities

No.	Name	Perf Week	Perf Month	Perf Quart	Perf Half	Perf Year	Perf YTD
1	Technology	1.79%	-3.26%	1.09%	4.87%	17.11%	-0.86%
2	Basic Materials	1.59%	3.33%	13.23%	7.17%	15.93%	6.67%
3	Healthcare	1.45%	-1.51%	4.28%	11.81%	24.74%	6.15%
4	Services	1.38%	-2.13%	3.54%	4.74%	21.18%	-1.18%
5	Financial	1.37%	-1.07%	5.67%	4.60%	15.37%	0.93%
6	Consumer Goods	1.31%	1.49%	8.79%	3.78%	12.96%	1.35%
7	Industrial Goods	0.58%	-0.77%	5.29%	8.46%	27.63%	0.95%
8	Conglomerates	0.45%	-1.20%	-0.02%	-0.99%	15.24%	-2.94%
9	Utilities	-0.74%	2.25%	9.05%	9.60%	9.66%	9.16%