Gilead Sciences Retains Lead On Our Nasdaq Top-Ten List

Gilead Sciences remains the overall leader and the only strong buy stock in our list.

According to our valuation model, stocks have not been this undervalued since November, 2011. At that time, the SP500 was around 1200.

We can use our data to track individual stocks, industries, sectors, and indices. For today's bulletin, we present key metrics for the top picks in the Nasdaq 100. The companies listed below represent the top-ten BUY and STRONG BUY stocks within the index. They are presented below according to their one-month forecast target prices.

Gilead Sciences remains the overall leader and the only STRONG BUY stock in this list. We seen a bit a re-shuffling in the order as well as three new members of our top-ten since the last time we presented the top NASDAQ picks at the end of December

Ticker

Company Name

Market Price

Valuation

Last 12-M Retrn

1-M Forecast Retn

1-Yr Forecast Retn

P/E Ratio

Sector

GILD

GILEAD SCIENCES

87.25

-17.69%

-9.96%

1.08%

13.00%

7.02

Medical

AVGO

BROADCOM LTD

119.71

-20.92%

17.09%

0.95%

11.39%

14.18

Computer and Technology

AAL

AMER AIRLINES

36.19

-23.32%

-22.22%

0.89%

10.62%

4.04

Transportation

MYL

MYLAN NV

50.74

-17.00%

-4.26%

0.86%

10.36%

11.53

Medical

LRCX

LAM RESEARCH

65.58

-20.50%

-15.58%

0.63%

7.61%

10.59

Computer and Technology

AMGN

AMGEN INC

143.16

-20.64%

-4.57%

0.61%

7.27%

13.77

Medical

CSCO

CISCO SYSTEMS

22.65

-18.37%

-16.48%

0.53%

6.40%

11.10

Computer and Technology

CA

CA INC

27.57

1.78%

-13.70%

0.53%

6.32%

12.20

Computer and Technology

INTC

INTEL CORP

28.81

-2.26%

-12.51%

0.52%

6.24%

12.29

Computer and Technology

AAPL

APPLE INC

94.99

-20.63%

-20.66%

0.51%

6.07%

10.20

Computer and Technology

NOTE: New stocks are in BOLD, old stocks that have moved up the list are in GREEN, old stocks that have declined in position are in RED, and stocks which have retained their position are in CAPS.

Below is today's data on Broadcom LTD (AVGO):

Broadcom Limited is a diversified global semiconductor leader built on 50 years of innovation, collaboration and engineering excellence. Broadcom’s extensive product portfolio serves multiple applications within four primary end markets: wired infrastructure, wireless communications, enterprise storage and industrial & others.

Recommendation: We continue with a BUY recommendation on BROADCOM LTD for 2016-02-09. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that BROADCOM LTD has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Sharpe Ratio and Company Size.

ValuEngine Forecast

 

Target
Price*

Expected
Return

1-Month

120.85 0.95%

3-Month

121.11 1.17%

6-Month

122.86 2.63%

1-Year

133.34 11.39%

2-Year

124.02 3.60%

3-Year

114.32 -4.50%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe

Stocks Undervalued

80.53%

Stocks Overvalued

19.47%

Stocks Undervalued by 20%

46.54%

Stocks Overvalued by 20%

5.97%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector

Change

MTD

YTD

Valuation

Last 12-MReturn

P/E Ratio

Utilities

-1.03%

-3.55%

-5.46%

2.26% undervalued

-7.72%

21.55

Consumer Staples

-0.40%

-3.11%

-5.53%

2.67% undervalued

-6.01%

22.22

Multi-Sector Conglomerates

-0.49%

-3.16%

-10.39%

11.61% undervalued

-18.07%

15.02

Aerospace

-0.53%

-4.24%

-12.16%

12.96% undervalued

-18.68%

19.05

Industrial Products

-0.72%

-3.20%

-9.86%

13.63% undervalued

-19.11%

16.34

Business Services

-0.82%

-6.39%

-11.27%

14.21% undervalued

-16.17%

21.02

Finance

-0.72%

-4.21%

-10.45%

15.48% undervalued

-11.66%

14.66

Basic Materials

-1.68%

0.51%

-7.28%

16.13% undervalued

-25.84%

22.22

Computer and Technology

-1.21%

-5.69%

-9.56%

16.58% undervalued

-14.41%

24.88

Transportation

-0.98%

-2.59%

-10.59%

19.71% undervalued

-33.17%

11.39

Consumer Discretionary

-1.36%

-4.50%

-10.24%

20.26% undervalued

-15.49%

22.25

Construction

-0.63%

-5.13%

-12.37%

22.45% undervalued

-18.43%

17.54

Retail-Wholesale

-0.79%

-4.55%

-10.75%

22.67% undervalued

-19.27%

21.35

Medical

-0.63%

-6.66%

-17.30%

24.50% undervalued

-22.50%

25.13

Oils-Energy

-4.01%

-10.15%

-17.00%

26.03% undervalued

-45.87%

19.59

Auto-Tires-Trucks

-0.91%

-5.44%

-13.16%

27.22% undervalued

-26.94%

10.38

Valuation Watch: Overvalued stocks now make up 19.47% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 5.97% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Zero sectors are calculated to be overvalued.

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