Tech Investors: 6 Highly Rated Chip Stocks Approach Buy Zones
With the market in a confirmed uptrend, it’s time to scan for stocks to potentially add to your portfolio. Let’s take a look at six highly rated chip stocks that are nearing buy points: Broadcom ( AVGO ), Macom Technology ( MTSI ), Maxlinear ( MXL ), Cirrus Logic ( CRUS ), Microsemi ( MSCC ) and Nvidia ( NVDA ). Two Form Double-Bottom Bases Broadcom earns a near-best IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of 99 and is due to report quarterly results after the close today. Analysts expect earnings to increase 10% and revenue to rise 6%. Broadcom has formed a double-bottom base within a larger consolidation pattern. Shares edged a few cents above the 138.79 buy point in intraday trade on Thursday, but they reversed lower with a 0.9% drop. Broadcom is 10% below its high reached last June. Macom Technology is also working on a double-bottom base, which has a 41.42 buy point. After retaking its 50-day line a few sessions ago, it’s now just 2% below the buy zone. Shares rallied 1.7% Thursday. Macom has a Composite Rating of 98 as well. The rating is based on fundamental and technical factors, including earnings and sales growth, profit margins, return on equity and relative share-price performance. Working On Right Side Of Pattern Maxlinear has a highest-possible 99 Composite Rating. It’s trading about 5% below a cup-base buy point of 17.85, but it slipped 1.7% Thursday. The stock was able to find support at its 200-day line as it formed the base. Apple ( AAPL ) chip supplier Cirrus Logic is trading 6% below a buy point from a nine-month-long consolidation pattern. Shares reversed lower Thursday in light volume, falling 1.7%. Cirrus has a 95 Composite Rating, as does Microsemi. Microsemi is trading 9% below a 39.66 buy point. It was able to retake its 200-day line last week in above-average volume. And Nvidia, a Tesla ( TSLA ) partner, is trading 4% below a buy point at 34.04. The stock gapped up to retake its 50-day line last month on the back of a strong quarterly report. Nvidia has a 99 Composite Rating.