May 16, 2016

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 39.01% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 12.93% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Five sectors are calculated to be overvalued.

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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. Duke Energy (DUK) is the leader here.

Below is today's data on Duke Energy (DUK):

Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) is an integrated energy and energy services provider with the ability to offer physical delivery and management of both electricity and natural gas throughout the U.S. and abroad. Duke Energy provides these and other services through seven business segments: Electric Operations; Natural Gas Transmission; Field Services; Trading and Marketing; Global Asset Development; Other Energy Services; Real Estate Operations.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine updated its recommendation from HOLD to BUY for DUKE ENERGY CP on 2016-05-13. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that DUKE ENERGY CP has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Company Size and Volatility.

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

ValuEngine Forecast
	Target Price*	Expected Return
1-Month	81.20	0.53%
3-Month	82.52	2.17%
6-Month	84.08	4.10%
1-Year	85.89	6.34%
2-Year	91.83	13.70%
3-Year	92.74	14.82%

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation	5.03% overvalued	Valuation Rank(?)	30
1-M Forecast Return	0.53%	1-M Forecast Return Rank	86
12-M Return	8.50%	Momentum Rank(?)	80
Sharpe Ratio	0.46	Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)	84
5-Y Avg Annual Return	6.84%	5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank	76
Volatility	14.90%	Volatility Rank(?)	86
Expected EPS Growth	6.77%	EPS Growth Rank(?)	37
Market Cap (billions)	57.13	Size Rank	99
Trailing P/E Ratio	18.22	Trailing P/E Rank(?)	63
Forward P/E Ratio	17.06	Forward P/E Ratio Rank	41
PEG Ratio	2.69	PEG Ratio Rank	15
Price/Sales	2.48	Price/Sales Rank(?)	36
Market/Book	2.42	Market/Book Rank(?)	42
Beta	0.06	Beta Rank	81
Alpha	0.02	Alpha Rank	69

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