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October 14, 2014


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VALUATION WATCH IS OFF: Undervalued stocks now make up 59.85% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 21.66% of those equities are calculated to be undervalued by 20% or more.  Nine sectors are calculated to be undervalued--three by double digits.

Latest Downgrade

--ValuEngine Downgrades Carrizo Oil and Gas to STRONG SELL

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (CRZO) is a Houston-based energy company actively engaged in the exploration, development, exploitation and production of oil and natural gas primarily in proven trends in the Barnett Shale area in North Texas and along the Texas and Louisiana onshore Gulf Coast regions. Carrizo controls significant prospective acreage blocks and utilizes advanced three-D seismic techniques to identify potential oil and gas reserves and drilling opportunities.

ValuEngine updated its recommendation from SELL to STRONG SELL for CARRIZO OIL&GAS on 2014-10-13. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that CARRIZO OIL&GAS has the probability to UNDERPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits UNATTRACTIVE Price Sales Ratio and P/E Ratio.

Below is today's data on CRZO:


ValuEngine Forecast
 
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month
42.47 -1.09%
3-Month
41.63 -3.06%
6-Month
40.66 -5.30%
1-Year
37.31 -13.12%
2-Year
41.56 -3.21%
3-Year
43.73 1.85%

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation
19.67% overvalued
Valuation Rank(?)
11
1-M Forecast Return
-1.09%
1-M Forecast Return Rank
4
12-M Return
-2.14%
Momentum Rank(?)
49
Sharpe Ratio
0.36
Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)
71
5-Y Avg Annual Return
15.75%
5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank
82
Volatility
43.66%
Volatility Rank(?)
45
Expected EPS Growth
103.43%
EPS Growth Rank(?)
84
Market Cap (billions)
1.95
Size Rank
75
Trailing P/E Ratio
29.41
Trailing P/E Rank(?)
39
Forward P/E Ratio
14.46
Forward P/E Ratio Rank
51
PEG Ratio
0.28
PEG Ratio Rank
70
Price/Sales
3.13
Price/Sales Rank(?)
29
Market/Book
2.25
Market/Book Rank(?)
46
Beta
2.06
Beta Rank
12
Alpha
0.04
Alpha Rank
72


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  Return Comparison vs. S&P 500
Last 12 Months
VE View
36%
S&P 500
19.93%

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Average Monthly Return Statistics
Outperforming S&P 500 31.82%
Average Return 2.10%



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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
59.85%
Stocks Overvalued
40.15%
Stocks Undervalued by 20%
21.66%
Stocks Overvalued by 20%
9.99%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector
Change
MTD
YTD
Valuation
Last 12-MReturn
P/E Ratio
-0.91%
-2.09%
-1.82%
4.52% overvalued
7.04%
22.98
-1.02%
-5.05%
-5.52%
1.54% overvalued
0.42%
20.34
-1.70%
-4.37%
-10.86%
1.45% overvalued
-3.75%
22.94
-0.58%
-2.11%
-0.30%
1.45% overvalued
3.68%
17.04
-0.63%
-3.09%
5.05%
0.78% overvalued
10.60%
28.52
-0.84%
-4.00%
0.64%
0.45% overvalued
4.62%
20.25
-0.91%
-4.13%
-8.93%
0.39% overvalued
2.60%
25.83
-0.91%
-6.03%
-7.36%
1.34% undervalued
14.81%
19.35
-2.00%
-7.05%
-2.62%
1.63% undervalued
6.48%
18.96
-1.60%
-8.13%
-5.92%
2.96% undervalued
0.65%
28.98
-0.67%
-3.83%
-6.85%
3.10% undervalued
6.08%
23.36
-1.56%
-6.23%
-10.44%
6.90% undervalued
-0.42%
21.29
-0.94%
-7.78%
-9.02%
8.24% undervalued
-5.87%
15.04
-1.57%
-5.40%
-8.68%
11.45% undervalued
-0.20%
22.42
-3.72%
-13.36%
-0.98%
12.52% undervalued
-5.34%
23.16
-2.07%
-7.29%
-8.24%
15.35% undervalued
-7.63%
24.47

 

 

 

 

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