DVA Technical Analysis - DAVITA INC

Technical Rating and Analysis

We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to DVA. DVA scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.

The long term trend is still negative, but the short term trend is neutral. It is advised to wait a little bit longer to see how this turns out.

85% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than DVA.

DVA is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Health Care Providers & Services industry. 60% of 101 stocks in the same industry do better.

DVA is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range, which is not a good signal. Certainly not because the S&P500 Index is trading near new highs.

In the last month DVA has a been trading in the 126.95 - 139.65 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.

Volume is considerably higher in the last couple of days.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

DVA has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. Prices have been consolidating lately. There is a support zone below the current price at 131.35, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

126.40

153.42

When analyzing the support we notice one important area.

A support zone ranging from 127.68 to 129.49. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

We can see 4 important resistance areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 133.73 to 134.00. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
A resistance zone ranging from 138.97 to 141.45. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
Resistance @145.18 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
A resistance zone ranging from 151.33 to 151.90. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.

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Technical Indicator Signal Analysis

The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.

Indicator	Value	Signal	Comment
ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The long term trend for DVA is down.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	NEUTRAL	NEUTRAL	The short term trend for DVA is neutral.
ChartMill Relative Strength	15.43	NEGATIVE	DVA has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 84.57% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of DVA is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of DVA is below a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of DVA is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	49.29	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for DVA is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.1	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests DVA has a positive trend.
Stochastics (14,3)	48.89	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for DVA is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	2.1	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for DVA suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	20.47	NEUTRAL	The ADX value for DVA suggests a possible start of a new trend.