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December 21, 2018


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This week, we provide top-five ranked VE data for our Utilities Sector stocks, we also take a look at Altria Group $MO and provide a free download link for our stock report on the company.

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 21.32% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 7.44% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. There are no sectors calculated to be overvalued.



ValuEngine Index Overview

Index
Week Open
Thursday PM
Change
% Change
YTD
DJIA
23986.83
23011.26
-975.57
-4.07%
-6.91%
NASDAQ
6886.46
6549.02
-337.44
-4.90%
-5.13%
RUSSELL 2000
1410.77
1327.98
-82.79
-5.87%
-13.52%
S&P 500
2590.75
2480.87
-109.88
-4.24%
-7.21%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued
78.68%
Stocks Overvalued
21.32%
Stocks Undervalued by 20%
48.1%
Stocks Overvalued by 20%
7.44%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector
Change
MTD
YTD
Valuation
Last 12-MReturn
P/E Ratio
Utilities
-1.16%
-7.11%
-2.25%
0.81% undervalued
-2.67%
19.66
Computer and Technology
-1.69%
-8.45%
-6.96%
8.23% undervalued
-1.06%
26.53
Aerospace
-1.88%
-5.88%
-8.79%
9.01% undervalued
-5.00%
23.78
Consumer Staples
-0.92%
-7.48%
-7.96%
10.21% undervalued
-6.76%
21.80
Retail-Wholesale
-1.29%
-10.75%
-12.53%
12.16% undervalued
-6.40%
19.69
Business Services
-0.94%
-9.38%
-6.61%
13.13% undervalued
-5.83%
20.03
Medical
-1.81%
-12.70%
-0.70%
13.56% undervalued
10.12%
25.68
Auto-Tires-Trucks
-1.67%
-10.08%
-23.09%
15.23% undervalued
-24.87%
10.32
Finance
-1.29%
-8.40%
-12.23%
16.73% undervalued
-10.27%
14.80
Consumer Discretionary
-1.02%
-7.31%
-13.37%
16.85% undervalued
-9.01%
22.42
Multi-Sector Conglomerates
-0.93%
-5.56%
-16.60%
17.45% undervalued
-15.67%
15.76
Transportation
-1.71%
-12.17%
-17.00%
20.98% undervalued
-16.37%
16.48
Industrial Products
-1.32%
-9.44%
-14.85%
21.63% undervalued
-12.77%
19.95
Basic Materials
-1.55%
-7.02%
-15.82%
24.24% undervalued
-21.56%
17.18
Construction
-0.86%
-10.32%
-20.37%
27.00% undervalued
-22.73%
17.43
Oils-Energy
-0.76%
-10.89%
-16.03%
39.94% undervalued
-18.54%
16.11

 

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Sector Talk--Utilities

 Below, we present the latest data on Utilities stocks from our Professional Stock Analysis Service. Top- five lists are provided for each category.  We applied some basic liquidity criteria--share price greater than $3 and average daily volume in excess of 100k shares. 

Top-Five Utilities Stocks--Short-Term Forecast Returns

Ticker
Name
Mkt Price
Valuation (%)
Last 12-M Return (%)
SHEN
SHENANDOAH TELE
46
72.39%
34.50%
CWT
CALIF WATER SVC
47.19
43.48%
7.62%
EE
EL PASO ELEC CO
53.02
27.60%
-8.90%
VG
VONAGE HOLDINGS
9.09
26.66%
-11.40%
NWN
NORTHWEST NATRL
63.57
22.45%
1.71%

Top-Five Utilities Stocks--Momentum

Ticker
Name
Mkt Price
Valuation (%)
Last 12-M Return (%)
AMRC
AMERESCO INC-A
14.69
16.95%
72.82%
NRG
NRG ENERGY INC
40.89
-10.94%
48.21%
AES
AES CORP
14.98
11.75%
36.80%
SHEN
SHENANDOAH TELE
46
72.39%
34.50%
VST
VISTRA ENERGY
23.36
N/A
31.31%

Top-Five Utilities Stocks--Composite Score

Ticker
Name
Mkt Price
Valuation (%)
Last 12-M Return (%)
AES
AES CORP
14.98
11.75%
36.80%
VZ
VERIZON COMM
55.65
7.16%
4.51%
EXC
EXELON CORP
45.8
8.91%
13.14%
FE
FIRSTENERGY CP
37.63
15.53%
19.42%
ETR
ENTERGY CORP
87.09
8.18%
5.32%

Top-Five Utilities Stocks--Most Overvalued

Ticker
Name
Mkt Price
Valuation (%)
Last 12-M Return (%)
SHEN
SHENANDOAH TELE
46
72.39%
34.50%
CWT
CALIF WATER SVC
47.19
43.48%
7.62%
EE
EL PASO ELEC CO
53.02
27.60%
-8.90%
VG
VONAGE HOLDINGS
9.09
26.66%
-11.40%
VVC
VECTREN CORP
71.74
26.58%
6.82%

 

 

Free Download for Readers

As a bonus to our Free Weekly Newsletter subscribers,
we are offering a FREE DOWNLOAD of one of our Stock Reports

Altria Group (MO) is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, John Middleton, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates and Philip Morris Capital Corporation. Their tobacco company brand portfolios consist of successful and well-known brand names such as Marlboro, Copenhagen, Skoal and Black & Mild.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its SELL recommendation on ALTRIA GROUP for 2018-12-19. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that ALTRIA GROUP has the probability to UNDERPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits UNATTRACTIVE Book Market Ratio and Momentum.

You can download a free copy of detailed report on Altria Group (MO) from the link below.

Read our Complete Rating and Forecast Report HERE.


ValuEngine Forecast
 
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month
51.14 -0.50%
3-Month
50.97 -0.84%
6-Month
50.01 -2.70%
1-Year
48.33 -5.98%
2-Year
51.80 0.78%
3-Year
53.49 4.07%

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation
27.43% undervalued Valuation Rank(?)
65
1-M Forecast Return
-0.50% 1-M Forecast Return Rank
17
12-M Return
-30.45% Momentum Rank(?)
20
Sharpe Ratio
0.40 Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)
81
5-Y Avg Annual Return
7.88% 5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank
77
Volatility
19.81% Volatility Rank(?)
69
Expected EPS Growth
8.05% EPS Growth Rank(?)
37
Market Cap (billions)
101.59 Size Rank
100
Trailing P/E Ratio
12.93 Trailing P/E Rank(?)
71
Forward P/E Ratio
11.96 Forward P/E Ratio Rank
54
PEG Ratio
1.61 PEG Ratio Rank
25
Price/Sales
4.01 Price/Sales Rank(?)
23
Market/Book
6.56 Market/Book Rank(?)
19
Beta
0.40 Beta Rank
67
Alpha
-0.23 Alpha Rank
28

 

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