Fleetcor Technologies (FLT)

How IBD Helps You Find Winning Stocks
Case Study: Fleetcor Technologies (FLT)
117% gain in 10 months
(8/15/12 – 6/17/13)
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Using IBD’s Simple Weekend Routine
to Find Winning Stocks BEFORE They Surge
Step 1: Check overall market direction in The Big Picture
Note: Monday issue published
Friday evening, letting you do
your research over the weekend
8/13/12 Issue
Market in confirmed
uptrend
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Using IBD’s Simple Weekend Routine
to Find Winning Stocks BEFORE They Surge
Step 2: Look for stocks near a buy point by quickly scanning the IBD 50 and Your Weekly Review
8/13/12 issue
Fleetcor #22 on IBD 50
Analysis alerts you to potential buy point
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Using IBD’s Simple Weekend Routine
to Find Winning Stocks BEFORE They Surge
Step 3: Use IBD Stock Checkup to see if the stocks you circled pass the Buying Checklist
Note: Screenshot of past Stock Checkup not available. Ratings and
data shown in this IBD 50 chart match what was shown in Stock
Checkup at the time.
Fleetcor got passing marks for each of the 3 “Big Rocks”
you want in place before you buy:
Big Rock #1: Only buy stocks in a market uptrend.
 See Step 1
Big Rock #2: Focus on stocks with big earnings growth and
a new, innovative product or service.
 98 Composite Rating
 97 EPS Rating
 28% earnings growth in prior quarter
 35% annual earnings growth
 Innovative payment service for commercial fleets (see next slide)
Big Rock #3: Buy stocks being heavily bought by
institutional investors.
 B+ Accumulation/Distribution Rating
 Rising number of funds that own shares
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Using IBD’s Simple Weekend Routine
to Find Winning Stocks BEFORE They Surge
2/16/12
Fleetcor profiled in New
America column
 Found by searching for Fleetcor on
Investors.com as part of weekend
routine
 Fleetcor offers innovative payment
system that helps commercial fleets
and oil companies better control their
fuel expenses
View Article
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Using IBD’s Simple Weekend Routine
to Find Winning Stocks BEFORE They Surge
Step 4: Add the strongest stocks to your watch list
2% under 41.40 buy point
Fleetcor’s weekly chart as of 8/10/12
Could have set conditional buy order
with broker for 41.40 buy point
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Using IBD’s Simple Weekend Routine
to Find Winning Stocks BEFORE They Surge
8/15/12 breakout
Conditional order triggered
on 8/15/12
Volume 108% higher than
normal on day of breakout
 More than double the 40% 50% minimum spike you look for
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Using IBD’s Simple Weekend Routine
to Find Winning Stocks BEFORE They Surge
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Buying Checklist
From How to Make Money in Stocks – Getting Started
Does Your Stock Pass or Fail?
Make sure the 3 "Big Rocks" of the CAN SLIM® System
are always in place before you invest. You can use this
checklist to see if your stock has the CAN SLIM traits big
winners typically display just before they launch a major
price move.
You can find pass, neutral or fail ratings for most of
these criteria using IBD Stock Checkup on Investors.com.
See How to Use the Checklist
*Buying Checklist reprinted with permission from McGraw-Hill Education
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