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September 14, 2015


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VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 39.96% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 13.25% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more.  Three sectors are calculated to be overvalued--with two at-or-near double digits.

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Top Stocks

--ValuEngine Top-Five UPGRADES for the Day

ValuEngine tracks more than 7000 US equities, ADRs, and foreign stock which trade on US exchanges as well as @1000 Canadian equities.  When EPS estimates are available for a given equity, our model calculates a level of mispricing or valuation percentage for that equity based on earnings estimates and what the stock should be worth if the market were totally rational and efficient--an academic exercise to be sure, but one which allows for useful comparisons between equities, sectors, and industries. Using our Valuation Model, we can currently assign a VE valuation calculation to more than 2800 stocks in our US Universe.

We also use trading data to provide forecast estimates for a variety of time horizons for almost ever equity in our database. Our Buy/Sell/Hold recommendations are based upon the 1-year forecast return figure. Using valuation and forecast figures, you can rank and rate our covered stocks against each other, to find out, in an objective and systematic way, the most attractive investment targets based on your own risk/reward parameters. We re-calculate the entire database every trading day, so you are assured that every proprietary valuation and forecast datapoint is as up-to-date as possible.

Below, we present the latest top-five list of UPGRADED stocks from our models. They ranked according to their one-month forecast return figures. Clearone Inc. is the top pick. Members can always screen for these stocks using our advanced screening page HERE or our 5-Engine Stock page HERE.

Ticker
Company Name
Market Price
Valuation
Last 12-M Return
1-M Forecast Return
1-Yr Forecast Return
P/E Ratio
Sector Name
UNAM
UNICO AMER CORP
13.76
N/A
14.19%
1.00%
11.94%
N/A
Finance
HNP
HUANENG POWER
45.53
-10.84%
-7.48%
0.83%
9.99%
7.67
Utilities
UBP
URSTADT BIDDLE
18.21
N/A
0.39%
0.61%
7.31%
N/A
Finance
AMAG
AMAG PHARMA INC
53
11.90%
115.45%
0.58%
6.92%
19.70
Medical
CXDC
CHINA XD PLASTC
6.38
N/A
-2.89%
0.54%
6.45%
N/A
Basic Materials

 

Below is today's data on UNAM:

Unico American Corporation (UNAM) is an insurance holding company which provides property, casualty, health and life insurance and related premium financing through its wholly owned subsidiaries. The insurance company operation is conducted through Crusader Insurance Company, the company's property and casualty insurance company.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine updated its recommendation from HOLD to BUY for UNICO AMER CORP on 2015-09-11. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that UNICO AMER CORP has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Momentum and Volatility.

You can download a free copy of detailed report on CLRO from the link below.


ValuEngine Forecast
 
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month
13.90 1.00%
3-Month
14.14 2.80%
6-Month
14.44 4.97%
1-Year
15.40 11.94%
2-Year
15.41 12.00%
3-Year
12.71 -7.62%

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation
n/a
Valuation Rank(?)
n/a
1-M Forecast Return
1.00%
1-M Forecast Return Rank
97
12-M Return
14.19%
Momentum Rank(?)
82
Sharpe Ratio
0.06
Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)
58
5-Y Avg Annual Return
1.07%
5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank
57
Volatility
18.47%
Volatility Rank(?)
77
Expected EPS Growth
n/a
EPS Growth Rank(?)
n/a
Market Cap (billions)
0.07
Size Rank
33
Trailing P/E Ratio
n/a
Trailing P/E Rank(?)
n/a
Forward P/E Ratio
n/a
Forward P/E Ratio Rank
n/a
PEG Ratio
n/a
PEG Ratio Rank
n/a
Price/Sales
2.33
Price/Sales Rank(?)
39
Market/Book
1.03
Market/Book Rank(?)
74
Beta
0.17
Beta Rank
78
Alpha
-0.21
Alpha Rank
31

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  VE View vs. S&P 500 Index Past Five Years
VE View
S&P 500
Ann Return
19.75% 14.13%
Ann Volatility
21.06% 11.13%
Sharpe Ratio
0.94 1.27
Sortino Ratio
1.55 1.56
Max Drawdown
-34.94% -11.14%

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ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued
60.04%
Stocks Overvalued
39.96%
Stocks Undervalued by 20%
24.9%
Stocks Overvalued by 20%
13.25%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector
Change
MTD
YTD
Valuation
Last 12-MReturn
P/E Ratio
0.81%
1.11%
-2.35%
9.52% overvalued
-7.62%
17.99
0.43%
1.19%
9.96%
9.35% overvalued
9.61%
31.96
0.14%
-0.59%
-4.86%
0.50% overvalued
-4.73%
23.23
0.14%
-0.58%
-1.65%
0.28% undervalued
-4.18%
22.45
-0.18%
-0.92%
1.34%
0.81% undervalued
-6.52%
26.20
0.01%
0.24%
-5.93%
1.38% undervalued
-1.99%
23.03
-0.13%
-0.72%
-8.79%
1.86% undervalued
-4.25%
20.94
0.26%
-0.42%
-2.37%
2.02% undervalued
-5.22%
16.60
-0.03%
-0.46%
-3.88%
2.18% undervalued
-7.37%
28.20
-0.41%
-0.24%
-0.05%
2.94% undervalued
-5.10%
21.73
-0.05%
-1.00%
-7.86%
6.09% undervalued
-12.39%
20.93
-0.03%
-0.35%
-8.64%
9.54% undervalued
-13.94%
14.72
-0.24%
-1.40%
-7.73%
10.11% undervalued
-13.46%
18.39
-0.26%
-1.39%
-12.02%
10.74% undervalued
-15.12%
15.53
-2.40%
-7.61%
-20.88%
15.35% undervalued
-51.24%
25.01
-0.10%
-2.37%
-16.31%
16.20% undervalued
-33.18%
20.81

 

 

 

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