MAXIMUS INC (MMS) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:MMS - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US5779331041 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Overall MMS gets a technical rating of 1 out of 10. MMS's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
Both the long and short term trends are negative. It is better to avoid buying stocks with negative trends.
When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, MMS is a bad performer in the overall market: 75% of all stocks are doing better.
MMS is one of the lesser performing stocks in the IT Services industry. 62% of 82 stocks in the same industry do better.
MMS is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range, which is not a good signal. Agreed, the S&P500 Index is also not doing fantastic, but it still sitting in the middle of its 52 week range.
In the last month MMS has a been trading in the 64.68 - 69.64 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range where prices have been consolidating recently, this may present a good entry opportunity, but some resistance may be present above.
Although the technical rating is bad, MMS does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced. There is a support zone below the current price at 66.53, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. We notice that large players showed an interest for MMS in the last couple of days, which is a good sign.
- Behavior of large players is measured by the Effective Volume indicator. This indicator inspects the 1 minute timeframe looking for high volume transactions.
More info and screens
63.70
93.45
2 important support areas can be observed.
- Support @66.53 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- A support zone ranging from 64.34 to 65.20. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
We can see 3 important resistance areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 67.50 to 69.06. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 71.18 to 71.18. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @92.52 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS25.56
Mansfield-1.7
10 Day High69.64
10 Day Low65.5
20 Day High69.64
20 Day Low64.68
52 Week High93.97
52 Week Low63.77
Performance
1 Week-1.24%
2 Weeks-0.71%
1 Month-4.84%
3 Month-11.17%
6 Month-23.09%
12 Month-19.24%
2 Year-17.39%
3 Year3.07%
5 Year-7.14%
10 Year2.31%
15 Year123.31%
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)-0.11
RSI(14)45.19
LBB66.2
UBB69.03
66.88
+0.55 (+0.83%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorInformation Technology
GICS IndustryIT Services
Performance
% Chg0.83%
1 Week-1.24%
2 Weeks-0.71%
1 Month-4.84%
3 Month-11.17%
6 Month-23.09%
12 Month-19.24%
2 Year-17.39%
3 Year3.07%
5 Year-7.14%
10 Year2.31%
15 Year123.31%
Volatility
ATR(14)1.4
ATR(20)%2.95%
ATR Inc-7.8%
Range Today1.23
ADR(20)1.93
ADR(20)%2.89%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS25.56
Mansfield-1.7
10 Day High69.64
10 Day Low65.5
20 Day High69.64
20 Day Low64.68
52 Week High93.97
52 Week Low63.77
CS1 End66.53
CR1 Start67.5
Volume & EV
DER(3)3.63%
DER(5)3.38%
Volume348.40K
Volume Incr-5.86%
Vol(5)477.40K
Vol(50)598.10K