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We also use trading data to provide forecast estimates for a variety of time horizons for almost ever equity in our database. Our Buy/Sell/Hold recommendations are based upon the 1-year forecast return figure. Using valuation and forecast figures, you can rank and rate our covered stocks against each other, to find out, in an objective and systematic way, the most attractive investment targets based on your own risk/reward parameters. We re-calculate the entire database every trading day, so you are assured that every proprietary valuation and forecast datapoint is as up-to-date as possible.

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 S&P 500. The companies listed below represent the top-ten BUY/STRONG BUY stocks within the index. They are presented below according to their one-month forecast target prices.

This week, we saw a 40% turnover for our list since the last time we looked at the SP500 in December. Our new leader is Owens-Illinois (OI). Our last number one pick, Navient Corp, dropped to third. Other decliners include UNUM Group and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.

Our other newcomers are Principal Financial, Borg Warner, and Morgan Stanley. We also had three firms improve their positions this week–Lincoln National, HP Incorporated, and Discover Financial Services.

We have a top-ten list that is dominated by Finance Sector firms this time around. In addition, Discover, Principal Financial, Borg Warner and Morgan Stanley are BUY-rated companies. The remaining firms are all considered STRONG BUY stocks.

NOTE: New stocks are in BOLD.

Below is today’s data on our SP500 top-ten leader, Owens-Illinois (OI):

Owens-Illinois, Inc. manufactures and sells glass container products to food and beverage manufacturers primarily in Europe, North America, South America, and the Asia Pacific. The Company produces glass containers for malt beverages, including beer and ready-to-drink low-alcohol refreshers, liquor, wine, food, tea, juice and pharmaceuticals. It also produces glass containers for soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages. Owens-Illinois, Inc. is headquartered in Perrysburg, Ohio.

ValuEngine continues its STRONG BUY recommendation on OWENS-ILLINOIS for 2017-02-01. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that OWENS-ILLINOIS has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE P/E Ratio and Price Sales Ratio.

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation	0.51% undervalued	Valuation Rank(?)	67
1-M Forecast Return	1.32%	1-M Forecast Return Rank	100
12-M Return	56.64%	Momentum Rank(?)	81
Sharpe Ratio	-0.17	Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)	35
5-Y Avg Annual Return	-4.82%	5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank	37
Volatility	28.14%	Volatility Rank(?)	57
Expected EPS Growth	9.52%	EPS Growth Rank(?)	37
Market Cap (billions)	3.27	Size Rank	78
Trailing P/E Ratio	8.58	Trailing P/E Rank(?)	96
Forward P/E Ratio	7.84	Forward P/E Ratio Rank	93
PEG Ratio	0.90	PEG Ratio Rank	46
Price/Sales	0.49	Price/Sales Rank(?)	85
Market/Book	6.35	Market/Book Rank(?)	21
Beta	1.58	Beta Rank	18
Alpha	0.12	Alpha Rank	67

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