Align Technology Stock: One Chart Explains the Mega-Rally

Align Technology Attracts Big Money Inflows

Want an edge in trading? Follow the Big Money.

What’s Big Money? Said simply, it’s when a stock rises due to institutional demand. Top stocks tend to attract savvy investors.

You see, fund managers are always looking to bet on the next outperforming stocks…the best in class. They spend countless hours sizing up companies, reading reports, speaking to analysts…you name it. When they find a company firing on all cylinders, they pounce in a big way.

The YTD action tells the story. Each green bar signals unusual buying volumes in ALGN shares, pushing the stock higher:

Few stocks have charts this strong. Recent green bars suggest healthy demand. But, what about the fundamental story?

Align Technology Fundamental Analysis

Next, I want to make sure the fundamental story is healthy too. As you can see, ALGN has had positive sales growth and earnings growth the last 3 years:

• 3-year sales growth rate (+19%)
• 3-year EPS growth rate (+65%)

Source: FactSet

Marrying great fundamentals with our proprietary Big Money software has found some big winning stocks over the long-term.

Check this out. Align Technology has been a top-rated stock at MAPsignals. That means the stock has had buy pressure and growing fundamentals. We have a ranking process that showcases stocks like this on a weekly basis.

It’s made the rare Top 20 report numerous times. The blue bars below shows when ALGN was a top pick:

Tracking unusual volumes reveals the power of the MAPsignals process.

Align Technology Price Prediction

The ALGN rally has been in place all year. Big Money buying in the shares is signaling to take notice. Given the historical gains in share price and strong fundamentals, this stock could be worth a spot in a diversified portfolio.

Disclosure: the author holds no position in ALGN at the time of publication.

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