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The 10 most overbought and oversold ASX 200 stocks – Week 15

Mon 08 Apr 24, 1:24pm (AEST)
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Key Points

  • Gold and energy stocks including Karoon Energy, Santos and Evolution Mining are among the most overbought stocks on the ASX 200
  • CSR remains the most overbought stock for a sixth consecutive week. The stock remains under takeover offer from France's Saint-Gobain
  • Reporting season losers including Kelsian Group, IPH and IDP Education continue to linger around oversold territory

Gold and energy stocks are among the most overbought stocks on the ASX 200 after prices for the underlying commodities both soared around 5% last week.

The 14-day Relative Strength Index is a momentum indicator that measures the magnitude and speed of recent price changes to assess whether or not a stock is overbought or oversold.

An RSI of 70 or above is considered to be overbought, which means the stock is rising too quickly and likely to experience a pullback. Meanwhile, an RSI of 30 or below is considered to be oversold, which means the stock is falling too quickly and is likely to experience a rebound.

Based on this indicator, CSR (set to be acquired by France's Saint-Gobain at $9.00 cash per share) remains the most overbought stock on the ASX 200 with an RSI of 82.


Most Overbought ASX 200 Stocks

Ticker

Company

RSI

1-Month %

Close Price

Target price

Upside

CSR

CSR

82

0.0%

$8.83

$6.90

-21.9%

KAR

Karoon Energy

76

15.2%

$2.27

$2.60

14.5%

STO

Santos

76

9.8%

$7.93

$8.32

4.9%

EVN

Evolution Mining

75

21.9%

$3.90

$3.76

-3.6%

WAF

West African Resources

74

29.6%

$1.32

$1.76

33.8%

RMS

Ramelius Resources

74

23.8%

$1.95

$1.95

0.0%

AWC

Alumina

73

36.4%

$1.50

$1.24

-17.3%

ALU

Altium

73

0.0%

$65.30

$62.18

-4.8%

VUK

Virgin Money

72

36.1%

$4.11

na

na

ALD

Ampol

71

10.4%

$41.28

na

na

'Target price' is an aggregate of broker target prices from Refinitiv. Data is current as of the close on Friday, 5 April 2024

Oil prices settled 4.5% higher last week, continuing to trade at its highest levels in six months. Large cap energy names including Santos and Karoon Energy have pushed 8-15% in the past month. Although names like Beach Energy (ASX: BPT) and Woodside (ASX: WDS) have lagged due to company-specific factors such as higher-than-expected capex and commitments to renewables.

Energy vs. KAR and STO
WTI crude (red) vs. Karoon Energy (orange) and Santos (blue) | Source: TradingView

Gold notched its best week since October 2023, up 4.8% and pushing above the US$2,300 an ounce level for the first time on record. The gains so far have been led by the most unloved names like West African Resources – a fast growing gold producer operating out of Burkina Faso.

GOLD 2024-04-08 12-54-52
Gold (orange) vs. West African Resources (red), Ramelius Resources (blue) and Evolution (green) | Source: TradingView

Most Oversold ASX 200 Stocks

The oversold stocks list continues to feature a number of February reporting season losers which have struggled to stabilise. This includes names such as:

  • Kelsian Group: Half-year earnings missed estimates and management flagged higher depreciation costs

  • IPH: Half-year earnings missed estimates amid a decrease in filings in Asia

  • IDP Education: Half-year earnings beat consensus but analysts remain near universally focused on the heightened and highly uncertain regulatory landscape facing IDP

Orora tumbled into oversold territory last week, after the company downgraded its FY24 earnings amid softening trends, price deflation and the underperformance of its newly acquired Saverglass business.

Ticker

Company

RSI

1-Month %

Close Price

Target price

Upside

SPK

Spark New Zealand

25

-6.7%

$4.35

$4.57

5.1%

ORA

Orora

26

-16.9%

$2.21

$2.65

19.9%

ALL

Aristocrat Leisure

29

-10.5%

$41.59

$48.05

15.5%

CIA

Champion Iron

30

-14.6%

$6.61

$8.35

26.3%

CNU

Chorus

31

-8.0%

$6.86

na

na

KLS

Kelsian Group

32

-4.3%

$5.53

$7.07

27.8%

CRN

Coronado Global

33

-16.3%

$1.16

$1.98

71.4%

IPH

IPH

33

-5.7%

$5.92

$9.14

54.4%

LIC

Lifestyle Communities

34

-4.0%

$14.51

$17.47

20.4%

IEL

IDP Education

35

-8.3%

$17.23

$24.25

40.7%

'Target price' is an aggregate of broker target prices from Refinitiv. Data is current as of the close on Friday, 5 April 2024

 

Written By

Kerry Sun

Content Strategist

Kerry holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University. He is an avid swing trader, focused on technical set ups and breakouts. Outside of writing and trading, Kerry is a big UFC fan, loves poker and training Muay Thai. Connect via LinkedIn or email.

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