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September 24, 2014


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VALUATION WATCH: Our Latest Valuation WARNING ended yesterday. Overvalued stocks now make up 60.02% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 20.34% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more.  Fifteen sectors are calculated to be overvalued--six by double digits.

Another iPhone, Another Long Line, Another Problem

--Deja Vu All Over Again As Apple Deals with Big Demand and iPhone Rollout "Issues"

Apple Inc. is engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players. The Company's products and services include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, the iOS and Mac OS X operating systems, iCloud, and a range of accessory, service and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its online stores, its retail stores, its direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, and resellers. Apple Inc. is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

As always, "fan boys" lined up for a week or more to get their hands on the new iPhone6 models. The company also rolled out a new mobile operating system update as well. Also as always--or at least it seems so--the initial joy and satisfaction has been tempered by some design issues, software problems, and other bugs.

Initial complaints indicate that the new phones may bend if users sit on them the wrong way, the built in camera lens bulges out and catches on items, and--more significantly-- the company has pulled a bug fix update to iOS8 due to a slew of problems. The Wall Street Journal reports that "among the problems that Apple aimed to correct in the latest update were the following: fix a bug so HealthKit apps can now be made available on the App Store, fix an issue that prevented some apps from accessing photos from the photo library and fix an issue that could cause unexpected cellular data usage when receiving text messages."

One might think that these issues would damage the bottom line for Apple, but in the past iPhone rollout bugs were quickly brushed off by users as the ubiquitous smart phones and iPad tablets quickly took over their product categories.

Our models have not had time to digest the latest earnings estimates and updates for the firm, so ValuEngine continues its HOLD recommendation on APPLE INC. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that APPLE INC has the probability to ROUGHLY MATCH average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Company Size but UNATTRACTIVE Book Market Ratio.

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Below is today's data on AAPL:


ValuEngine Forecast
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month
102.34 -0.30%
3-Month
102.60 -0.03%
6-Month
103.75 1.08%
1-Year
98.99 -3.55%
2-Year
117.89 14.86%
3-Year
62.39 -39.21%

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation
28.85% overvalued
Valuation Rank(?)
13
1-M Forecast Return
-0.30%
1-M Forecast Return Rank
28
12-M Return
46.44%
Momentum Rank(?)
89
Sharpe Ratio
1.18
Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)
98
5-Y Avg Annual Return
29.01%
5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank
94
Volatility
24.57%
Volatility Rank(?)
73
Expected EPS Growth
11.84%
EPS Growth Rank(?)
37
Market Cap (billions)
618.92
Size Rank
100
Trailing P/E Ratio
16.42
Trailing P/E Rank(?)
71
Forward P/E Ratio
14.68
Forward P/E Ratio Rank
57
PEG Ratio
1.39
PEG Ratio Rank
28
Price/Sales
3.47
Price/Sales Rank(?)
29
Market/Book
5.39
Market/Book Rank(?)
23
Beta
0.86
Beta Rank
60
Alpha
0.21
Alpha Rank
85


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Last 12 Months
VE View
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S&P 500
19.93%

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We had six winners this month—most of them in double-digit territory. Despite some early wobbles, Canadian Solar led the way with a nice 20% pick up followed closely by E-House China with a pick up of 18.63%. We also garnered good returns from Soufun, Huntington Ingalls, and Aercap Holdings.

Here are the latest results from June/July 2014:

Symbol
Company Name
Entry Price 7/17/14
Exit Price
Change
%Change
AER
AERCAP HOLDINGS
44.74
49.26
4.52
10.10
ARRS
ARRIS GROUP INC
32.5
31.43
-1.07
-3.29
ATK
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS
132.81
132.32
-0.49
-0.37
AU
ANGLOGOLD LTD
17.79
17.22
-0.57
-3.20
BMA
BANCO MACRO-ADR
43.05
35.51
-7.54
-17.51
CSIQ
CANADIAN SOLAR
28.86
34.65
5.79
20.06
EJ
E-HOUSE CHINA
9.77
11.59
1.82
18.63
GNTX
GENTEX CORP
29.26
29.23
-0.03
-0.10
HII
HUNTINGTON INGALLS
91.74
102.79
11.05
12.04
MYL
MYLAN INC
51.63
47.04
-4.59
-8.89
PKG
PACKAGING CORP
67.21
66.12
-1.09
-1.62
SFUN
SOUFUN HOLDINGS-ADR
9.91
11.75
1.84
18.57
SID
CIA SIDERUR-ADR
5.1
4.74
-0.36
-7.06
SPR
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS
34.06
36.95
2.89
8.49
VRX
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS
121.71
113.72
-7.99
-6.56
VE VIEW PORTFOLIO
 
2.62
GSPC
S&P500
1981.57
1981.6
0.03
0.00

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  VE View vs. S&P 500 Index Past Five Years
VE View
S&P 500
Ann Return
28.40% 17.29%
Ann Volatility
22.27% 12.49%
Sharpe Ratio
1.28 1.38
Sortino Ratio
2.15 1.76
Max Drawdown
-34.94% -11.14%

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ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued
39.98%
Stocks Overvalued
60.02%
Stocks Undervalued by 20%
12.5%
Stocks Overvalued by 20%
20.34%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector
Change
MTD
YTD
Valuation
Last 12-MReturn
P/E Ratio
-0.86%
-3.16%
2.29%
15.47% overvalued
12.10%
24.96
-0.99%
-2.67%
2.17%
12.60% overvalued
11.52%
22.07
-0.53%
-3.27%
3.75%
12.36% overvalued
9.26%
31.73
-0.95%
-1.90%
5.71%
12.35% overvalued
18.72%
20.31
-1.01%
-0.40%
-0.73%
10.53% overvalued
23.50%
19.70
-0.66%
-3.54%
8.55%
10.49% overvalued
17.39%
30.56
-0.77%
-3.49%
-5.98%
8.38% overvalued
0.83%
24.05
-0.64%
-2.01%
2.82%
7.93% overvalued
7.17%
17.66
-0.65%
-3.00%
-3.44%
6.81% overvalued
5.89%
28.81
-0.72%
-5.55%
-0.02%
6.00% overvalued
7.29%
17.10
-0.75%
-2.87%
6.39%
5.67% overvalued
10.42%
20.22
-0.55%
-3.11%
-1.47%
5.11% overvalued
15.60%
24.03
-0.59%
-3.81%
-2.86%
4.51% overvalued
7.78%
22.62
-0.46%
-7.52%
10.42%
4.45% overvalued
10.20%
25.17
-0.51%
-4.41%
-1.26%
3.09% overvalued
8.18%
24.38
-0.08%
-6.67%
1.55%
6.60% undervalued
-1.78%
25.46

 

 

 

 

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