Relative Strength

The 5 Year Relative Strength measures a stock's price change over the last 5 years relative to the price change of a market index. It shows the relative outperformance or underperformance of the stock in that timeframe.

Stockopedia explains Rel Strength

Research indicates that relative strength is a negative signal in the near-term but generally a positive indicator in the medium (6-24 months).

A study by Hancock found that a momentum-based strategy outperformed a broad universe of U.S. stocks by nearly 4% per year from 1927-2009.

Research has shown that momentum is particularly beneficial when combined with a value style because the two are negatively correlated.

Moskowitz and Grinblatt conclude that "A value-momentum combination mitigates the extreme negative return episodes a value investor will face (e.g. the tech boom of the late 1990s and early 2000 or a dismal year like 2008) "However, momentum-based strategies have been shown to suffer badly during times of extreme market volatility such as the 2008/09 crisis.

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The 5 highest Rel Strength Stocks in the Market

TickerNameRel StrengthStockRank™
LON:YU.Yu1,873%97
LON:GSTGSTechnologies887%12
LON:CERCerillion700%68
LON:FTCFiltronic675%77
LON:KODKodal Minerals513%23