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So, for today's short-week edition of our upgrade list, we used our website's advanced screening functions to search for upgrades to BUY or STRONG BUY with complete forecast and valuation data. They are presented by one-month forecast return. State National Companies (SNC) is our top-rated upgrade this week.

Below is today's data on State National Companies.

State National Companies, Inc. is a specialty provider of property and casualty insurance. It operates in two segments, Program Services and Lender Services. Its Program Services segment engages in offering issuing carrier capacity for insurance and reinsurance companies. The Company's Lender Services segment provides collateral protection insurance, or CPI, to its credit union, bank and specialty finance clients. State National Companies, Inc. is headquartered in Bedford, Texas.

RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine updated its recommendation from BUY to STRONG BUY for State National Companies on Sept. 2, 2016. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that State National Companies has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE P/E Ratio and Momentum.
 

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