Top-Ten Dow Stocks

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 Dow Jones Industrials.

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 Dow Jones Industrials. The companies listed below represent the top buy-rated stocks within the index. They are presented below according to their one-month forecast gain.

Traveler's Insurance remains the overall leader. While the top-five picks have not changed, we see three new selections joining a declining Apple and a rising Cisco at the bottom of the list. United Health Care, Nike, and Boeing have dropped out of our top-ten list since the last time we presented the top Dow picks a month ago.

Ticker

Company Name

Market Price

Valuation

Last 12-M Retrn

1-M Forecast Retn

1-Yr Forecast Retn

P/E Ratio

Sector Name

January 14, 2016

TRV

TRAVELERS COS

109.18

-2.04

1.14

13.74

1.09

10.03

Finance

TRV

JPM

JPMORGAN CHASE

58.77

-4.01

1.01

12.13

-2.21

10.35

Finance

JPM

VZ

VERIZON COMM

50.32

2.03

0.94

11.28

2.32

12.58

Utilities

VZ

GS

GOLDMAN SACHS

150.94

-22.02

0.66

7.93

-20.57

8.48

Finance

GS

IBM

INTL BUS MACH

126.1

-14.16

0.62

7.39

-21.66

8.59

Computer and Technology

IBM

CSCO

CISCO SYSTEMS

26.46

-5.48

0.58

6.96

-9.72

12.78

Computer and Technology

AAPL

JNJ

JOHNSON & JOHNS

102.5

-5.88

0.53

6.41

2.05

16.46

Medical

UNH

MSFT

MICROSOFT CORP

52.42

35.74

0.49

5.89

20.28

19.44

Computer and Technology

NKE

AAPL

APPLE INC

98.12

-17.15

0.44

5.24

-23.24

10.54

Computer and Technology

BA

INTC

INTEL CORP

29.47

1.39

0.43

5.17

-15.16

12.58

Computer and Technology

CSCO

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 Johnson & Johnson. (JNJ):

Johnson & Johnson is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field. The Company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. Its Consumer segment offers products for use in the baby care, skin care, oral care, wound care, and women's health fields, nutritional and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products. The company's Pharmaceutical segment provides various products in the areas of anti-infective, antipsychotic, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management, thrombosis, vaccines, and infectious diseases. Its Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment offers electrophysiology and circulatory disease management products; orthopaedic joint reconstruction, spinal care, neurological, and sports medicine products; surgical care, aesthetics, and women's health products. Johnson & Johnson is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its BUY recommendation on JOHNSON & JOHNS for 2016-02-17. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that JOHNSON & JOHNS has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Company Size and Sharpe Ratio.

You can download a free copy of detailed report on JNJ from the link below.

 

ValuEngine Forecast

 

Target
Price*

Expected
Return

1-Month

103.05 0.53%

3-Month

103.97 1.43%

6-Month

106.06 3.47%

1-Year

109.07 6.41%

2-Year

113.19 10.43%

3-Year

115.29

12.48%

 

Valuation & Rankings

Valuation

5.88% undervalued

Valuation Rank

38

1-M Forecast Return

0.53%

1-M Forecast Return Rank

86

12-M Return

2.05%

Momentum Rank

79

Sharpe Ratio

0.86

Sharpe Ratio Rank

97

5-Y Avg Annual Return

11.16%

5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank

86

Volatility

12.91%

Volatility Rank

87

Expected EPS Growth

4.28%

EPS Growth Rank

32

Market Cap (billions)

286.91

Size Rank

100

Trailing P/E Ratio

16.46

Trailing P/E Rank

64

Forward P/E Ratio

15.79

Forward P/E Ratio Rank

41

PEG Ratio

3.84

PEG Ratio Rank

9

Price/Sales

4.09

Price/Sales Rank

20

Market/Book

11.81

Market/Book Rank

9

Beta

0.63

Beta Rank

62

Alpha

0.06

Alpha Rank

77

Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe

Stocks Undervalued

72.71%

Stocks Overvalued

27.29%

Stocks Undervalued by 20%

38.82%

Stocks Overvalued by 20%

8.17%

Sector Overview

Sector

Change

MTD

YTD

Valuation

Last 12-MReturn

P/E Ratio

Consumer Staples

2.69%

-0.36%

-2.90%

2.20% overvalued

-4.69%

23.82

Utilities

2.42%

-0.89%

-2.91%

0.20% undervalued

-7.57%

21.25

Multi-Sector Conglomerates

4.38%

1.08%

-6.56%

4.92% undervalued

-16.65%

15.45

Business Services

3.14%

-2.78%

-7.83%

8.15% undervalued

-15.75%

20.87

Industrial Products

3.15%

0.17%

-6.69%

8.45% undervalued

-18.84%

16.64

Aerospace

1.89%

-3.47%

-11.42%

9.43% undervalued

-18.11%

19.35

Basic Materials

3.22%

6.68%

-1.82%

9.54% undervalued

-20.83%

23.90

Computer and Technology

3.99%

-1.37%

-5.66%

10.20% undervalued

-14.19%

25.46

Finance

2.66%

-1.47%

-7.98%

11.58% undervalued

-11.03%

14.99

Consumer Discretionary

3.51%

-0.63%

-6.64%

14.08% undervalued

-14.57%

23.16

Retail-Wholesale

4.28%

0.75%

-6.02%

16.18% undervalued

-18.00%

22.77

Construction

3.53%

-1.29%

-8.91%

16.59% undervalued

-16.76%

17.38

Transportation

3.91%

0.95%

-7.56%

17.38% undervalued

-30.94%

12.08

Medical

3.64%

-3.00%

-14.62%

18.48% undervalued

-21.80%

27.01

Oils-Energy

5.69%

-5.44%

-12.86%

19.75% undervalued

-45.46%

19.29

Auto-Tires-Trucks

4.39%

-0.44%

-8.98%

20.86% undervalued

-23.41%

11.09

 

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