QGEN Technical Analysis - QIAGEN N.V.

Technical Rating and Analysis

Overall QGEN gets a technical rating of 6 out of 10. This is due to a decent performance in both the short and medium term time frames. Compared to the overall market, QGEN is only an average performer.

The long and short term trends are both positive. This is looking good!

QGEN is currently trading in the upper part of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near a new high, so QGEN is lagging the market slightly.

In the last month QGEN has a been trading in the 43.74 - 49.59 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.

QGEN has an average volume of 1185490 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.

When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, QGEN turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 57% of all stocks.

QGEN is an average performer in the Life Sciences Tools & Services industry, it outperforms 53% of 57 stocks in the same industry.

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Technical Analysis

Relative Strength

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Setup Rating and Analysis

QGEN has an average technical rating and it also does not offer a high quality setup at the moment. Price movement has been a little bit too volatile to find a nice entry and exit point. It is probably a good idea to wait for a consolidation first.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

43.45

49.54

When analyzing the support we can see 3 important areas.

A support zone ranging from 46.78 to 47.82. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
A support zone ranging from 44.75 to 44.80. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
A support zone ranging from 43.89 to 43.89. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

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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	UP	POSITIVE	The long term trend for QGEN is up.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	UP	POSITIVE	The short term trend for QGEN is up.
ChartMill Relative Strength	57.38	NEUTRAL	QGEN is not amongst the best or worst performers on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of QGEN is above the rising SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	MIXED	The current price of QGEN is above a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	UP	POSITIVE	The current price of QGEN is above the rising SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	64.85	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for QGEN is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.26	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests QGEN has a positive trend, although the MACD value is declining.
Stochastics (14,3)	77.85	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for QGEN is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	1.66	LOW VOLATILITY	The low ATR as a percentage value for QGEN suggests low volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	26.04	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for QGEN suggests a strong trend.