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Hot Stock: Capstone Turbine, Shares Gain 12.4% (CPST)
[February 12, 2013]

Hot Stock: Capstone Turbine, Shares Gain 12.4% (CPST)


Feb 12, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) Spotlight via COMTEX) -- Capstone Turbine (NASDAQ:CPST) is one of today's best performing penny stocks, up 12.4% to $0.99 on 1.8x average daily volume. Capstone Turbine has traded 3.8 million shares thus far today, vs. average volume of 2.1 million shares per day. The stock has outperformed the Dow (12.4% to the Dow's 0.2%) and outperformed the S&P 500 (12.4% to the S&P's 0.1%) during today's trading.



Potential upside of 81.9% exists for Capstone Turbine, based on a current level of $0.99 and analysts' average consensus price target of $1.80. Capstone Turbine shares have support at the 200-day moving average (MA) of $0.98 and additional support at the 50-day MA of $0.89.

Over the past year, Capstone Turbine has traded in a range of $0.73 to $1.30 and is now at $0.99, 36% above that low. In the last five trading sessions, the 50-day moving average (MA) has fallen 0.4% while the 200-day MA has slid 0.3%.


Capstone Turbine Corporation designs, assembles, and sells Capstone MicroTurbines for worldwide applications in the distributed power generation and hybrid electric vehicle markets. The Capstone MicroTurbine is a low-emissions power generation system that combines a gas turbine-driven high-speed generator with power electronics.

SmarTrend is monitoring the recent change of momentum in Capstone Turbine. Please refer to our Company Overview for the results of our proprietary technical indicators that have been scanning shares of Capstone Turbine in search of a potential trend change.

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