December 28, 2018

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This week, we provide top-five ranked VE data for our Consumer Staples Sector stocks, we also take a look at Zendesk $ZEN and provide a free download link for our stock report on the company.

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 21.04% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 7.34% 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	Friday PM	Change	% Change	YTD
DJIA	22317.28	23081.61	764.33	3.42%	-6.62%
NASDAQ	6278.49	6576.43	297.94	4.75%	-4.74%
RUSSELL 2000	1290.54	1329.92	39.38	3.05%	-13.39%
S&P 500	2400.56	2486.09	85.53	3.56%	-7.01%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued	78.96%
Stocks Overvalued	21.04%
Stocks Undervalued by 20%	49.38%
Stocks Overvalued by 20%	7.34%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector	Change	MTD	YTD	Valuation	Last 12-MReturn	P/E Ratio
Utilities	0.13%	-8.99%	-4.49%	2.51% undervalued	-5.04%	19.23
Computer and Technology	0.27%	-9.99%	-8.25%	8.43% undervalued	-2.21%	25.93
Aerospace	0.60%	-8.11%	-11.04%	9.92% undervalued	-8.03%	23.59
Consumer Staples	-0.26%	-9.68%	-10.30%	12.00% undervalued	-9.50%	21.93
Business Services	-0.43%	-12.18%	-9.18%	12.62% undervalued	-7.59%	19.86
Retail-Wholesale	-0.41%	-12.81%	-13.91%	14.59% undervalued	-8.95%	19.57
Auto-Tires-Trucks	0.03%	-10.94%	-23.96%	15.94% undervalued	-25.38%	10.15
Medical	-0.16%	-14.91%	-3.05%	16.59% undervalued	4.55%	26.22
Finance	0.11%	-9.35%	-13.04%	16.97% undervalued	-11.42%	14.66
Consumer Discretionary	0.02%	-9.73%	-15.30%	17.37% undervalued	-10.96%	22.08
Multi-Sector Conglomerates	0.22%	-6.80%	-17.63%	17.97% undervalued	-17.45%	15.51
Transportation	0.14%	-13.29%	-19.01%	21.53% undervalued	-17.73%	16.26
Basic Materials	0.52%	-6.39%	-15.27%	21.55% undervalued	-22.28%	17.64
Industrial Products	0.43%	-10.98%	-16.91%	22.32% undervalued	-15.20%	19.12
Construction	0.45%	-11.91%	-21.43%	27.28% undervalued	-24.54%	16.19
Oils-Energy	-0.29%	-13.58%	-18.15%	40.95% undervalued	-22.85%	16.20

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Sector Talk--Consumer Staples

Below, we present the latest data on Consumer Staples 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 Consumer Staples Stocks--Short-Term Forecast Returns

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
SAFM	SANDERSON FARMS	100.04	51.97%	-29.17%
FRPT	FRESHPET INC	31.75	130.25%	65.36%
COT	COTT CORP QUE	13.79	17.69%	-16.93%
CALM	CAL-MAINE FOODS	42	8.23%	-5.72%
CHEF	CHEFS WAREHOUSE	31.76	34.75%	53.43%

Top-Five Consumer Staples Stocks--Momentum

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
MED	MEDIFAST INC	126.68	-32.98%	76.88%
FRPT	FRESHPET INC	31.75	130.25%	65.36%
CHEF	CHEFS WAREHOUSE	31.76	34.75%	53.43%
MKC	MCCORMICK & CO	140.04	17.63%	37.12%
HELE	HELEN OF TROY	132.18	21.77%	36.83%

Top-Five Consumer Staples Stocks--Composite Score

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
CCEP	COCA-COLA EU PT	46.14	1.89%	16.99%
SYY	SYSCO CORP	62.05	-8.35%	1.96%
MKC	MCCORMICK & CO	140.04	17.63%	37.12%
KO	COCA COLA CO	47.53	7.28%	3.48%
TRCO	TRIBUNE MEDIA	45.35	-0.67%	6.68%

Top-Five Consumer Staples Stocks--Most Overvalued

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
FRPT	FRESHPET INC	31.75	130.25%	65.36%
SAFM	SANDERSON FARMS	100.04	51.97%	-29.17%
CHEF	CHEFS WAREHOUSE	31.76	34.75%	53.43%
HELE	HELEN OF TROY	132.18	21.77%	36.83%
SMPL	SIMPLY GOOD FDS	18.45	19.61%	29.84%

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Zendesk, Inc. (ZEN) is a software development company. It provides a software-as-a-service, or SaaS, customer service platform. The Company offers applications that allow clients to manage incoming support requests from end customers from any Internet connected computer. It provides customer service through its platform in approximately 40 languages to customers in various industries, such as business technology, telecommunications, education/non-profit, consumer technology, media/entertainment, and retail/ecommerce. Zendesk, Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its STRONG BUY recommendation on Zendesk for 2018-12-27. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that Zendesk 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 Zendesk, Inc. (ZEN) from the link below.

Read our Complete Rating and Forecast Report HERE.

ValuEngine Forecast
	Target Price*	Expected Return
1-Month	57.55	1.19%
3-Month	58.62	3.07%
6-Month	60.88	7.06%
1-Year	65.02	14.33%
2-Year	66.50	16.93%
3-Year	66.88	17.61%

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation	73.29% overvalued	Valuation Rank(?)	2
1-M Forecast Return	1.19%	1-M Forecast Return Rank	99
12-M Return	68.35%	Momentum Rank(?)	98
Sharpe Ratio	0.69	Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)	91
5-Y Avg Annual Return	29.19%	5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank	97
Volatility	42.46%	Volatility Rank(?)	38
Expected EPS Growth	1.03%	EPS Growth Rank(?)	24
Market Cap (billions)	4.14	Size Rank	81
Trailing P/E Ratio	n/a	Trailing P/E Rank(?)	27
Forward P/E Ratio	n/a	Forward P/E Ratio Rank	n/a
PEG Ratio	56.87	PEG Ratio Rank	1
Price/Sales	7.53	Price/Sales Rank(?)	13
Market/Book	16.19	Market/Book Rank(?)	8
Beta	1.82	Beta Rank	12
Alpha	0.49	Alpha Rank	96

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