February 8, 2016

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 29.39% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 8.76% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. One sector is calculated to be overvalued.

UPGRADES

--ValuEngine Top-Five BUY/STRONG BUY Upgrades

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So, for today's bulletin we used our website's advanced screening functions to search for UPGRADES to BUY or STRONG BUY with complete forecast and valuation data. They are presented by one-month forecast return. Autobytel (ABTL) is the leader here.

Below is today's data on Autobytel (ABTL):

Autobytel, Inc. is an internationally branded online automotive commerce company that provides consumers with automotive solutions throughout the lifecycle of vehicle ownership. The company owns Internet sites for new and pre-owned vehicle information and automotive services that link buyers and sellers in an information-rich environment. Through the company's Web sites consumers can research pricing, specifications and other information regarding new and pre-owned vehicles and purchase, finance, lease, insure, sell or maintain their vehicles. ValuEngine Smart Ratings

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine updated its recommendation from BUY to STRONG BUY for AUTOBYTEL INC on 2016-02-05. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that AUTOBYTEL INC has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Momentum and Sharpe Ratio.

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

ValuEngine Forecast
	Target Price*	Expected Return
1-Month	15.27	1.12%
3-Month	15.23	0.85%
6-Month	15.40	1.96%
1-Year	17.13	13.47%
2-Year	14.49	-4.07%
3-Year	11.60	-23.16%

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation	26.63% undervalued	Valuation Rank(?)	69
1-M Forecast Return	1.12%	1-M Forecast Return Rank	99
12-M Return	52.22%	Momentum Rank(?)	97
Sharpe Ratio	0.59	Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)	90
5-Y Avg Annual Return	29.03%	5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank	98
Volatility	49.25%	Volatility Rank(?)	36
Expected EPS Growth	39.53%	EPS Growth Rank(?)	72
Market Cap (billions)	0.14	Size Rank	42
Trailing P/E Ratio	14.05	Trailing P/E Rank(?)	72
Forward P/E Ratio	10.07	Forward P/E Ratio Rank	72
PEG Ratio	0.36	PEG Ratio Rank	64
Price/Sales	1.11	Price/Sales Rank(?)	58
Market/Book	3.76	Market/Book Rank(?)	27
Beta	1.69	Beta Rank	16
Alpha	0.67	Alpha Rank	98

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