Simmons First National Leads Top 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. Simmons First National Corp (SFNC) is our top-rated upgrade this week.
Ticker |
Company Name |
Market Price |
Valuation |
Last 12-M Return |
1-M Forecast Return |
1-Yr Forecast Return |
P/E Ratio |
Sector Name |
SIMMONS FIRST A |
47.05 |
-7.49% |
6.23% |
0.56% |
6.68% |
14.26 |
Finance |
|
INSIGHT ENTRPRS |
31.6 |
20.92% |
20.29% |
0.54% |
6.47% |
13.62 |
Retail-Wholesale |
|
PENNEY (JC) INC |
10.55 |
-50.68% |
27.57% |
0.53% |
6.33% |
N/A |
Retail-Wholesale |
|
CELANESE CP-A |
65.73 |
-10.45% |
2.05% |
0.51% |
6.10% |
10.56 |
Basic Materials |
|
EZCORP INC CL A |
9.06 |
-10.71% |
49.50% |
0.51% |
6.07% |
N/A |
Finance |
*Note: There are no STRONG BUY companies in this list. They are all BUY-rated stocks.
Below is today's data on Simmons First National Corp (SFNC):
SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Act of 1956. Through its subsidiaries, Co. provides a full range of banking and mortgage services to individual and corporate customers.
VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine updated its recommendation from HOLD to BUY for SIMMONS FIRST A on 2016-08-12. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that SIMMONS FIRST A has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Sharpe Ratio and P/E Ratio.
ValuEngine Forecast |
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Target |
Expected |
|
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1-Month |
47.31 | 0.56% |
3-Month |
47.61 | 1.19% |
6-Month |
47.83 | 1.66% |
1-Year |
50.19 | 6.68% |
2-Year |
48.15 | 2.34% |
3-Year |
44.07 | -6.34% |
Valuation & Rankings |
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Valuation |
7.49% undervalued |
Valuation Rank(?) |
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1-M Forecast Return |
0.56% |
1-M Forecast Return Rank |
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12-M Return |
6.23% |
Momentum Rank(?) |
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Sharpe Ratio |
0.53 |
Sharpe Ratio Rank(?) |
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5-Y Avg Annual Return |
12.86% |
5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank |
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Volatility |
24.23% |
Volatility Rank(?) |
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Expected EPS Growth |
3.84% |
EPS Growth Rank(?) |
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Market Cap (billions) |
0.85 |
Size Rank |
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Trailing P/E Ratio |
14.26 |
Trailing P/E Rank(?) |
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Forward P/E Ratio |
13.73 |
Forward P/E Ratio Rank |
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PEG Ratio |
3.71 |
PEG Ratio Rank |
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Price/Sales |
1.97 |
Price/Sales Rank(?) |
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Market/Book |
1.19 |
Market/Book Rank(?) |
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Beta |
1.02 |
Beta Rank |
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Alpha |
-0.02 |
Alpha Rank |
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ValuEngine Market Overview
Summary of VE Stock Universe |
|
Stocks Undervalued |
53.42% |
Stocks Overvalued |
46.58% |
Stocks Undervalued by 20% |
22.08% |
Stocks Overvalued by 20% |
14.99% |
ValuEngine Sector Overview
Sector |
Change |
MTD |
YTD |
Valuation |
Last 12-MReturn |
P/E Ratio |
-0.97% |
0.24% |
52.41% |
11.16% overvalued |
54.87% |
33.23 |
|
-0.23% |
1.35% |
8.62% |
9.32% overvalued |
6.88% |
20.61 |
|
0.30% |
0.85% |
10.05% |
9.27% overvalued |
8.52% |
24.28 |
|
-0.51% |
1.55% |
14.99% |
6.20% overvalued |
3.96% |
22.99 |
|
-0.32% |
-1.88% |
11.77% |
3.64% overvalued |
10.23% |
22.35 |
|
-0.03% |
1.26% |
-1.42% |
2.13% overvalued |
-2.86% |
19.32 |
|
0.28% |
1.36% |
13.82% |
0.58% overvalued |
3.91% |
29.73 |
|
0.19% |
1.42% |
15.45% |
0.07% overvalued |
-12.69% |
24.49 |
|
-0.01% |
1.23% |
6.30% |
0.84% undervalued |
1.22% |
16.28 |
|
-0.18% |
0.96% |
8.29% |
1.37% undervalued |
-2.74% |
23.63 |
|
-0.30% |
-0.12% |
29.17% |
1.89% undervalued |
5.68% |
21.14 |
|
-0.07% |
-0.38% |
13.59% |
6.09% undervalued |
-3.53% |
24.68 |
|
-0.36% |
-0.27% |
10.54% |
6.46% undervalued |
-19.44% |
15.88 |
|
0.12% |
1.33% |
2.35% |
7.77% undervalued |
-4.99% |
22.27 |
|
-0.21% |
-0.73% |
0.81% |
9.32% undervalued |
-17.08% |
27.48 |
|
-0.32% |
2.33% |
4.31% |
9.38% undervalued |
-2.79% |
15.98 |
VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 46.58% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 14.99% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Eight sectors are calculated to be overvalued.
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