Relatively Good Performance Detected in Shares of ATP Oil & Gas in the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Industry (ATPG, MMR, SGY, FST, PETD)
Below are the top five companies in the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry as measured by relative performance. This analysis was compiled based on yesterday's trading activity as we search for stocks that have the potential to outperform.
ATP Oil & Gas (NASDAQ:ATPG) ranks first with a gain of 15.22%; McMoRan Exploration (NYSE:MMR) ranks second with a gain of 8.7%; and Stone Energy (NYSE:SGY) ranks third with a gain of 4.83%.
Forest Oil (NYSE:FST) follows with a gain of 4.58% and Petroleum Development (NASDAQ:PETD) rounds out the top five with a gain of 4.24%.
SmarTrend currently has shares of Petroleum Development in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on October 14, 2011 at $20.91. The stock has risen 63.5% since the Uptrend alert was issued.