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October 1, 2015


VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 34.53% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 10.66% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. One sector is calculated to be overvalued.

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 AmTrust Financial Services Leads ValuEngine Universe

AMTRUST (AFSI) is a multinational property and casualty insurer specializing in coverage for small businesses. They offer workers' compensation insurance, extended warranty coverage, specialty middle market property and casualty insurance and a host of related products and services.They have built a reputation as an innovative, technology driven insurance company. Their commitment to excellence is the common thread connecting each of our businesses.

When we screen for the top-ranked STRONG BUY 5-Engine picks, Amtrust leads the entire universe today. It's one-year projected price increase is the highest of the more than 5000 US equities we have in our database.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its STRONG BUY recommendation on AMTRUST FIN SVC for 2015-09-30. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that AMTRUST FIN SVC has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Sharpe Ratio and Momentum.

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


ValuEngine Forecast
 
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month
 63.79 1.28%
3-Month
 65.17 3.47%
6-Month
 67.02 6.42%
1-Year
 72.71 15.44%
2-Year
 74.73 18.66%
3-Year
 54.59 -13.32%

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation
4.89% overvalued
Valuation Rank(?)
 27
1-M Forecast Return
1.28%
1-M Forecast Return Rank
 100
12-M Return
58.16%
Momentum Rank(?)
 96
Sharpe Ratio
1.17
Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)
 97
5-Y Avg Annual Return
32.80%
5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank
 97
Volatility
28.04%
Volatility Rank(?)
 60
Expected EPS Growth
-1.82%
EPS Growth Rank(?)
 23
Market Cap (billions)
5.09
Size Rank
 85
Trailing P/E Ratio
10.42
Trailing P/E Rank(?)
 87
Forward P/E Ratio
10.61
Forward P/E Ratio Rank
 76
PEG Ratio
n/a
PEG Ratio Rank
 n/a
Price/Sales
1.17
Price/Sales Rank(?)
 59
Market/Book
2.71
Market/Book Rank(?)
 38
Beta
0.91
Beta Rank
 49
Alpha
0.29
Alpha Rank
 91

 

 

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ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued
65.47%
Stocks Overvalued
34.53%
Stocks Undervalued by 20%
30.8%
Stocks Overvalued by 20%
10.66%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector
Change
MTD
YTD
Valuation
Last 12-MReturn
P/E Ratio
-0.90%
-4.27%
-7.30%
3.14% overvalued
-10.35%
16.74
-0.28%
-2.56%
-6.50%
0.73% undervalued
-3.54%
22.96
-0.26%
-2.73%
-4.22%
2.98% undervalued
-3.92%
16.53
-1.43%
-9.37%
-1.46%
3.75% undervalued
2.39%
29.39
-0.93%
-4.90%
-5.44%
3.90% undervalued
-3.35%
22.45
-0.64%
-4.74%
-10.96%
4.00% undervalued
-7.64%
20.98
-0.73%
-4.83%
-2.97%
4.38% undervalued
-4.18%
25.22
-0.32%
-5.05%
-10.56%
5.70% undervalued
-3.87%
21.82
-0.43%
-4.83%
-7.76%
5.79% undervalued
-6.06%
27.33
-0.53%
-5.42%
-12.85%
6.67% undervalued
-9.58%
19.06
-0.80%
-6.27%
-9.48%
10.47% undervalued
-4.95%
20.03
0.17%
-7.06%
-13.37%
13.89% undervalued
-10.79%
14.04
-0.27%
-6.06%
-13.84%
14.86% undervalued
-15.77%
17.58
-0.40%
-7.27%
-16.90%
15.97% undervalued
-15.73%
15.22
-1.38%
-15.92%
-27.40%
20.14% undervalued
-51.40%
23.05
-0.19%
-9.77%
-21.87%
21.71% undervalued
-31.70%
19.85

 

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