12 Stocks at 52-Week Highs with Over 100% Increases in Trading Volume Last Week: Investment Idea of the Day

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Today we have chosen 12 stocks across sectors that are trading at their 52-week highs and have registered significant price gains with over 100% increases in trading volume last week. These stocks have registered significant increase in daily average trading volumes during the past five days compared with past one month daily average trading volumes, indicating a strong market interest. Moreover, these stocks outperformed their respective equity indices and sector indices last week registering significant gains. The shortlisted stocks recorded price gains ranging from 3% to 73% with daily average trading volume in excess of 100,000.

Company Name

Ticker

Exchange

Sector

Market Cap
(Mn)

Last Price

Price Change (5-Day)

Average Volume
(5-Day)

Average Volume
(1-month)

Volume Change*

52-Week High

52-Week Low

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp

PSMI

NASDAQ

Technology

418.8

12.53

73.3%

2,527,516

544,129

364.5%

12.89

4.75

LNB Bancorp Inc

LNBB

NASDAQ

Financial

132.4

13.70

7.0%

102,451

26,672

284.1%

14.00

8.87

Amicus Therapeutics Inc

FOLD

NASDAQ

Healthcare

462.0

5.87

32.2%

9,914,322

2,721,853

264.2%

6.00

1.77

Cadiz Inc

CDZI

NASDAQ

Agricultural Operations

215.3

13.31

32.2%

245,432

79,405

209.1%

14.90

4.52

Mandalay Digital Group Inc

MNDL

NASDAQ

Technology

219.3

5.85

53.5%

1,057,639

388,069

172.5%

6.00

2.28

CT Real Estate Investment Trust

CRT-U

TSX

Financial

1,073.5

11.92

3.3%

142,740

60,438

136.2%

11.96

10.00

ACCO Brands Corp

ACCO

NYSE

Office Supplies

875.4

7.65

9.3%

2,134,867

908,651

134.9%

7.87

5.47

Tuesday Morning Corp

TUES

NASDAQ

Retail-Discount

795.1

18.21

7.8%

1,237,817

534,171

131.7%

19.35

11.53

Planar Systems Inc

PLNR

NASDAQ

Technology

97.4

4.44

15.3%

702,286

324,167

116.6%

4.49

1.77

Houston Lake Mining Inc

HLM

TSXV

Basic Materials

11.4

0.13

13.6%

142,620

66,974

112.9%

0.13

0.04

Ascot Resources Ltd

AOT

TSXV

Basic Materials

178.1

1.85

33.1%

245,165

119,999

104.3%

1.85

0.59

Critical Elements Corp

CRE

TSXV

Basic Materials

45.9

0.38

18.8%

824,191

403,667

104.2%

0.40

0.13

Source: Bloomberg
Market Cap and Last Price are in their respective currencies
*Volume Change: 5-Day average volume over 30-Day average volume

Company Description

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ: PSMI)
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. is a fabless provider of high performance radio frequency integrated circuits, or RFICs. The company’s solutions leverage its proprietary technology, which enables the design, manufacture, and integration of multiple radio frequency, or RF, mixed signal, and digital functions on a single chip.

LNB Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ: LNBB)
LNB Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for The Lorain National Bank. The Bank operates in Lorain, Erie and Cuyahoga counties, Ohio. Lorain provides a wide range of commercial and personal banking services, including a variety of loan products, credit cards, wire transfers, and deposit services.

Amicus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: FOLD)
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that develops orally-administered, small molecule drugs to treat human genetic diseases. The drugs, called pharmacological chaperones, are being developed to treat Fabray, Gaucher, and Pompe disease.

Cadiz Inc (NASDAQ: CDZI)
Cadiz Inc. develops and manages water and agricultural resources in California. The company’s portfolio of assets encompasses landholdings with groundwater resources and water storage availability, agricultural properties with water rights, and contractual water rights. Cadiz also holds technologies for water conservation, reclamation, production, and conveyance.

Mandalay Digital Group Inc (NASDAQ: MNDL)
Mandalay Digital Group, Inc. delivers a mobile services platform that works with mobile operators and third-party publishers to provide portal management, user interface, content development and billing technology that enables the responsible distribution of mobile entertainment.

CT Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: CRT-U)
CT Real Estate Investment Trust provides real estate services. The company acquires and owns income producing commercial properties, including retail centers and distribution centers. The CT Real Estate Investment Trust owns real estate located primarily in Canada.

ACCO Brands Corp (NYSE: ACCO)
Acco Brands Corporation manufactures office products. The company produces staplers, daily scheduling diaries, shredders, laminating equipment, and presentation boards.

Tuesday Morning Corp (NASDAQ: TUES)
Tuesday Morning Corporation is a closeout retailer of upscale home furnishings, gifts, and related items. The company sells a variety of brand name merchandise such as Ralph Lauren bed linens, Waterman pens, and Royal Dalton china and giftware at a discount.

Planar Systems Inc (NASDAQ: PLNR)
Planar Systems, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets electronic display products. The company produces liquid crystal display and other flat panel displays, and video projectors. The products are used in healthcare, call centers, point-of-sale, and other purposes.

Houston Lake Mining Inc (TSXV: HLM)
Houston Lake Mining Inc. is a mineral exploration company focusing on high technology commodities which are experiencing demand growth in new applications.

Ascot Resources Ltd (TSXV: AOT)
Ascot Resources Ltd. is a junior resource company. The company explores and develops mineral and resource properties for minerals that include sand and gravel, gold, silver, and diamonds.

Critical Elements Corp (TSXV: CRE)
Critical Elements Corp is a mining exploration company. The company searches for rare metals and rare earths, particularly tantalum, lithium, and niobium.

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