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Balchem (Balchem) 9-Day RSI : 48.92 (As of May. 02, 2024)


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What is Balchem 9-Day RSI?

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and change of price movements. The RSI is most typically used on a 14-day period, measured on a scale from 0 to 100. Traditionally, an asset is considered overbought or overvalued when the RSI is above 70 and oversold or undervalued when it is below 30. A shorter period RSI is more reactive to recent price changes, so it can show early signs of reversals. 9-Day RSI is sometimes used together with 14-Day RSI in a two period divergence strategy.

As of today (2024-05-02), Balchem's 9-Day RSI is 48.92.

The industry rank for Balchem's 9-Day RSI or its related term are showing as below:

BCPC's 9-Day RSI is ranked better than
62.29% of 1615 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 52.75 vs BCPC: 48.92

Competitive Comparison of Balchem's 9-Day RSI

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Balchem's 9-Day RSI, along with its competitors' market caps and 9-Day RSI data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Balchem's 9-Day RSI Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Balchem's 9-Day RSI distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Balchem's 9-Day RSI falls into.



Balchem  (NAS:BCPC) 9-Day RSI Calculation

The formula for calculating RSI is:

RSI=100[ 100 / ( 1 + Average Gain / Average Loss )]

* Note that the formula uses a positive value for the average loss.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Balchem  (NAS:BCPC) 9-Day RSI Explanation

The Relative Strength Index (RSI), developed by J. Welles Wilder in his book “New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems.”, is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and change of price movements. The RSI is most typically used on a 14-day period, measured on a scale from 0 to 100.

Traditionally, an asset is considered overbought or overvalued when the RSI is above 70 and oversold or undervalued when it is below 30. A RSI surpasses the 30 level indicates a bullish sign, when it slides below 70 level, it’s a bearish sign. This level can be adjusted depending on the security’s pattern and the market’s underlying trend. In an uptrend or bullish market, the RSI might range within a higher interval, investors could set the support level higher. If a downtrend or bearish market occurs, investors may need to lower the resistance level.

RSI can also be used in trading techniques to indicate the trading signal, such as Divergences and Swing Rejections. A shorter period RSI is more reactive to recent price changes, so it can show early signs of reversals. 9-Day RSI is sometimes used together with 14-Day RSI in a two period divergence strategy.


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Balchem (Balchem) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 Paragon Drive, Montvale, NJ, USA, 07645
Balchem Corp is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and medical sterilization industries. The segments include 1) Human Nutrition and Health segment provides human-grade choline nutrients and mineral amino acid chelated products through this segment for nutrition and health applications. 2) Animal Nutrition and Health segment provide nutritional products derived from its microencapsulation and chelation technologies in addition to the essential nutrient choline chloride. 3) Specialty Products segment includes re-packaging and distributing a number of performance gases and chemicals for various uses, notably ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and ammonia.
Executives
David B Fischer director 425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Olivier Rigaud director CORBION NV, PIET HEINKADE 127, AMSTERDAM P7 1019 GM
Monica Vicente director C/O FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC., P.O. BOX 149222, CORAL GABLES FL 33114
Michael Robert Sestrick officer: Chief Technology Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Frederic Boned officer: SVP/GM, Human Nutri. & Health 5 PARAGON DRIVE, MONTVALE NJ 07645
Van Gunsteren Job Leonard officer: Vice President 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Hatsuki Miyata officer: General Counsel and Secretary 5 PARAGON DRIVE, MONTVALE NJ 07645
Michael Bent Tignor officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Jonathan Harrison Griffin officer: Vice President 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Martin Luther Reid officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
William A. Backus officer: Chief Accounting Officer 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Kathleen B Fish director ONE PROCTER & GAMBLE PLAZA, CINCINNATI OH 45202
James C Hyde officer: Sr. Vice President 52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Scott C Mason officer: Vice President C/O NOVAMERICAN STEEL INC, 1050 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, NORWOOD MA 02062
Joyce J. Lee director C/O ZOETIS INC., 100 CAMPUS DRIVE, FLORHAM PARK NJ 07940