Is Career Education Corp. A Strong Buy?
Our leader for today is Career Education Corporation (CECO).*
Career Education Corporation is a provider of private, for-profit post-secondary education with campuses throughout the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. Their schools enjoy long operating histories and offer a variety of master's degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, and diploma programs in career-oriented disciplines. They offer educational programs principally in the following four career-related fields of study, Visual Communication and Design Technologies, Information Technology, Business Studies, and Culinary Arts.
Recommendation: We continue with our STRONG BUY recommendation on Career Education Corporation for 2016-11-29. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that Career Education Corporation has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE P/E Ratio and Momentum.
*Note: CECO is currently third on our top STRONG BUY list. But the top-two firms--SSRI and TIVO--were recently profiled in our bulletins so today we are providing data on CECO.
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ValuEngine Forecast |
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Target |
Expected |
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1-Month |
10.11 | 1.34% |
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3-Month |
10.51 | 5.33% |
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6-Month |
10.98 | 10.04% |
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1-Year |
11.59 | 16.16% |
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2-Year |
13.42 | 34.43% |
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3-Year |
14.34 | 43.73% |
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Valuation & Rankings |
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Valuation |
73.16% overvalued |
Valuation Rank |
 4 |
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1-M Forecast Return |
1.34% |
1-M Forecast Return Rank |
100 |
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12-M Return |
136.49% |
Momentum Rank |
96 |
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Sharpe Ratio |
-0.21 |
Sharpe Ratio Rank |
35 |
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5-Y Avg Annual Return |
-16.16% |
5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank |
27 |
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Volatility |
77.41% |
Volatility Rank |
20 |
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Expected EPS Growth |
-91.12% |
EPS Growth Rank |
3 |
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Market Cap (billions) |
0.67 |
Size Rank |
59 |
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Trailing P/E Ratio |
6.33 |
Trailing P/E Rank |
98 |
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Forward P/E Ratio |
71.29 |
Forward P/E Ratio Rank |
5 |
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PEG Ratio |
n/a |
PEG Ratio Rank |
n/a |
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Price/Sales |
0.77 |
Price/Sales Rank |
75 |
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Market/Book |
2.59 |
Market/Book Rank |
43 |
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Beta |
2.21 |
Beta Rank |
9 |
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Alpha |
0.64 |
Alpha Rank |
95 |
Market Overview
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Summary of VE Stock Universe |
|
|
Stocks Undervalued |
37.02% |
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Stocks Overvalued |
62.98% |
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Stocks Undervalued by 20% |
16.58% |
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Stocks Overvalued by 20% |
30.64% |
Sector Overview
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Sector |
Change |
MTD |
YTD |
Valuation |
Last 12-MReturn |
P/E Ratio |
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Industrial Products |
-0.32% |
8.22% |
24.34% |
21.09% overvalued |
13.80% |
23.77 |
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Multi-Sector Conglomerates |
-0.29% |
3.82% |
10.41% |
20.61% overvalued |
4.18% |
19.41 |
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Aerospace |
0.76% |
9.07% |
13.37% |
19.29% overvalued |
10.73% |
19.77 |
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Construction |
0.18% |
7.26% |
32.86% |
13.06% overvalued |
13.10% |
21.15 |
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Finance |
0.11% |
6.89% |
13.33% |
11.90% overvalued |
7.44% |
17.10 |
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Computer and Technology |
-0.17% |
5.21% |
21.18% |
11.87% overvalued |
7.31% |
29.82 |
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Transportation |
-0.20% |
9.20% |
17.19% |
11.57% overvalued |
2.22% |
18.69 |
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Business Services |
-0.07% |
7.70% |
20.37% |
9.96% overvalued |
0.75% |
24.53 |
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Basic Materials |
-0.72% |
5.44% |
53.81% |
9.89% overvalued |
61.60% |
28.06 |
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Oils-Energy |
-1.53% |
0.56% |
18.16% |
9.17% overvalued |
1.92% |
25.77 |
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Utilities |
-0.35% |
2.33% |
14.40% |
7.47% overvalued |
14.08% |
22.15 |
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Consumer Discretionary |
-0.09% |
4.79% |
10.54% |
7.07% overvalued |
7.02% |
24.06 |
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Retail-Wholesale |
-0.14% |
5.93% |
2.71% |
5.81% overvalued |
3.82% |
23.28 |
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Auto-Tires-Trucks |
-0.56% |
4.66% |
10.08% |
2.37% overvalued |
11.90% |
14.60 |
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Consumer Staples |
0.22% |
1.21% |
8.52% |
2.32% overvalued |
5.16% |
24.24 |
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Medical |
-0.01% |
2.76% |
0.07% |
2.15% undervalued |
-12.12% |
26.73 |
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