Xerox (XRX) is the world's leading enterprise for business process and document management. Its technology, expertise and services enable workplaces - from small businesses to large global enterprises - to simplify the way work gets done so they operate more effectively and focus more on what matters most: their real business. Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., Xerox offers business process outsourcing and IT outsourcing services, including data processing, healthcare solutions, HR benefits management, finance support, transportation solutions, and customer relationship management services for commercial and government organizations worldwide. The company also provides extensive leading-edge document technology, services, software and genuine Xerox supplies for graphic communication and office printing environments of any size.

Xerox was in the news today with the announcement that it will be acquired by Japanese firm Fuji Film Holdings. Under the deal, Fuji will control 50.1% of Xerox in exchange for $6.1 billion. Fuji gives up a stake in an Asian-Pacific joint venture with Xerox to raise those funds. The new company will be called Fuji-Xerox Current Xerox shareholders will receive @$9.80/share of stock.

Of course, it remains to be seen if this merger is the answer to the problems for old-school copy machine firms in an era of cloud storage, pdf files, and the constant and long-term decline in hard copies for just about every possible application.

We continue our BUY recommendation on XEROX CORP for 2018-01-30. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that XEROX CORP has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Company Size and P/E Ratio.

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation	8.15% overvalued	Valuation Rank	48
1-M Forecast Return	0.93%	1-M Forecast Return Rank	96
12-M Return	17.55%	Momentum Rank	53
Sharpe Ratio	0.05	Sharpe Ratio Rank	50
5-Y Avg Annual Return	1.33%	5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank	50
Volatility	24.32%	Volatility Rank	62
Expected EPS Growth	5.45%	EPS Growth Rank	24
Market Cap (billions)	37.31	Size Rank	96
Trailing P/E Ratio	9.90	Trailing P/E Rank	94
Forward P/E Ratio	9.39	Forward P/E Ratio Rank	88
PEG Ratio	1.82	PEG Ratio Rank	23
Price/Sales	3.64	Price/Sales Rank	32
Market/Book	26.53	Market/Book Rank	7
Beta	1.07	Beta Rank	36
Alpha	-0.37	Alpha Rank	16