PACCAR Inc is a multinational company, which has three segments. The Truck segment includes the designing, manufacturing and distribution of light-, medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks. Heavy-duty trucks have a gross vehicle weight (GVW) of over 33,000 lbs in North America and over 16 metric tons in Europe and South America. Medium-duty trucks have a GVW ranging from 19,500 to 33,000 lbs in North America, and in Europe, light- and medium-duty trucks range between 6-16 metric tons. Trucks are configured with the engine in front of cab (conventional) or cab-over-engine. The Parts segment includes the distribution of aftermarket parts for trucks and related commercial vehicles.
When researching a stock like PACCAR, many investors are the most familiar with Fundamental Analysis — looking at a company's balance sheet, earnings, revenues, and what's happening in that company's underlying business. Investors who use Fundamental Analysis to identify good stocks to buy or sell can also benefit from PCAR Technical Analysis to help find a good entry or exit point. Technical Analysis is blind to the fundamentals and looks only at the trading data for PCAR stock — the real life supply and demand for the stock over time — and examines that data in different ways. One of those ways is to calculate a Simpe Moving Average ("SMA") by looking back a certain number of days. One of the most popular "longer look-backs" is the PCAR 200 day moving average ("PCAR 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the PCAR 50 day moving average ("PCAR 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for PACCAR. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the PCAR 200 DMA and the PCAR 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("PCAR MACD"). The PCAR MACD chart, in conjunction with the chart of the moving averages, basically helps in visualizing how the moving averages are showing convergence (moving closer together), or divergence (moving farther apart). |
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