Rating And Ranking The Nasdaq

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.

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 STRONG BUY stocks within the index. They are presented below according to their one-month forecast target prices.

Gilead Sciences is the overall leader.

Ticker

Company Name

Market Price

Valuation

Last 12-M Retrn

1-M Forecast Retn

1-Yr Forecast Retn

P/E Ratio

Sector Name

GILD

GILEAD SCIENCES

105.85

-1.86%

5.27%

1.09%

13.10%

8.90

Medical

AVGO

AVAGO TECHNOLOG

132.89

-2.95%

46.11%

1.03%

12.43%

16.14

Computer and Technology

SWKS

SKYWORKS SOLUTN

83.76

-15.68%

27.35%

0.95%

11.33%

16.80

Computer and Technology

AAL

AMER AIRLINES

43.26

-7.91%

-9.65%

0.86%

10.28%

4.87

Transportation

AAPL

APPLE INC

117.34

-6.46%

1.97%

0.79%

9.43%

12.57

Computer and Technology

CSCO

CISCO SYSTEMS

27.57

0.32%

-0.07%

0.57%

6.81%

13.51

Computer and Technology

MYL

MYLAN NV

53.08

-17.00%

-8.15%

0.55%

6.62%

12.61

Medical

LRCX

LAM RESEARCH

79.59

-0.28%

-2.59%

0.53%

6.34%

13.13

Computer and Technology

ESRX

EXPRESS SCRIPTS

86.82

-0.47%

3.79%

0.51%

6.14%

15.82

Medical

NXPI

NXP SEMICONDUCT

94.09

11.46%

24.00%

0.45%

5.43%

19.10

Computer and Technology

Below is today's data on Gilead Sciences (GILD):

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is an independent biopharmaceutical company that seeks to provide accelerated solutions for patients and the people who care for them. They have a broad-based focus on developing and marketing drugs to treat patients with infectious diseases, including viral infections, fungal infections and bacterial infections, and a specialized focus on cancer. They have expertise in liposomal drug delivery technology, a technology that the company uses to develop drugs that are safer, easier for patients to tolerate and more effective.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine updated its recommendation from BUY to STRONG BUY for GILEAD SCIENCES on 2015-12-01. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that GILEAD SCIENCES has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Company Size and Sharpe Ratio.

ValuEngine Forecast

 

Target
Price*

Expected
Return

1-Month

107.00 1.09%

3-Month

109.15 3.12%

6-Month

110.07 3.99%

1-Year

119.71 13.10%

2-Year

111.74 5.56%

3-Year

111.34 5.19%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe

Stocks Undervalued

50.29%

Stocks Overvalued

49.71%

Stocks Undervalued by 20%

22.81%

Stocks Overvalued by 20%

18.12%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector

Change

MTD

YTD

Valuation

Last 12-MReturn

P/E Ratio

Consumer Staples

0.47%

0.56%

7.47%

7.14% overvalued

1.75%

24.18

Business Services

0.63%

0.70%

1.12%

6.93% overvalued

-1.26%

25.03

Multi-Sector Conglomerates

0.06%

0.13%

-8.41%

5.77% overvalued

-8.16%

17.65

Medical

0.80%

0.97%

6.07%

5.24% overvalued

6.73%

28.46

Computer and Technology

0.30%

0.39%

4.39%

4.98% overvalued

2.10%

29.30

Finance

0.43%

0.46%

3.48%

3.38% overvalued

-1.15%

16.67

Aerospace

0.16%

0.18%

3.40%

3.10% overvalued

-1.45%

20.53

Construction

0.53%

0.64%

3.93%

2.61% overvalued

-0.29%

21.51

Industrial Products

0.34%

0.43%

-4.98%

0.32% undervalued

-6.58%

19.21

Consumer Discretionary

0.47%

0.52%

1.54%

0.89% undervalued

-2.63%

25.49

Utilities

0.38%

0.44%

-5.35%

1.49% undervalued

-7.38%

22.52

Retail-Wholesale

0.10%

0.25%

-6.81%

5.54% undervalued

-6.10%

23.03

Auto-Tires-Trucks

-0.48%

-0.39%

-4.36%

6.63% undervalued

-6.95%

13.77

Oils-Energy

-0.18%

-0.02%

-22.60%

6.80% undervalued

-35.65%

24.04

Transportation

0.42%

0.46%

-12.54%

8.91% undervalued

-17.81%

14.47

Basic Materials

0.83%

0.92%

-17.11%

14.17% undervalued

-22.89%

23.30

ValuEngine.com is an independent research provider, producing buy/hold/sell recommendations, target price, and valuations on over 7,000 US and Canadian equities every trading day. 

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 49.71% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 18.12% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Eight sectors are calculated to be overvalued.

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