Top-Five Buy/Strong Buy Upgrades - February 29, 2016
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.
So, for today's bulletin 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. Regional Management Corporation (RM) is the leader here.
Ticker |
Company Name |
Market Price |
Valuation |
Last 12-M Return |
1-M Forecast Return |
1-Yr Forecast Return |
P/E Ratio |
Sector Name |
REGIONAL MANAGE |
15.2 |
-8.38% |
-4.22% |
1.10% |
13.18% |
8.26 |
Finance |
|
LENDINGTREE INC |
83.48 |
-39.28% |
60.05% |
0.74% |
8.86% |
18.65 |
Finance |
|
BEST BUY |
32.45 |
7.69% |
-13.58% |
0.59% |
7.07% |
11.59 |
Retail-Wholesale |
|
BAIDU INC |
173.8 |
0.39% |
-15.58% |
0.54% |
6.46% |
11.66 |
Computer and Technology |
|
WP CAREY INC |
56.5 |
-9.55% |
-17.01% |
0.54% |
6.45% |
11.46 |
Finance |
Below is today's data on Regional Management Corporation (RM):
Regional Management Corp. is a diversified specialty consumer finance company engaged in providing loan products primarily to customers with limited access to consumer credit from banks, thrifts, credit card companies and other traditional lenders. It offers Small Installment Loans, Large Installment Loans, Automobile Purchase Loans, Furniture and Appliance Purchase Loans and Insurance Products. The Company has operations primarily in South Carolina, Texas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. Regional Management Corp. is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.
Recommendation: We updated our recommendation from BUY to STRONG BUY for REGIONAL MANAGE on 2016-02-26. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that REGIONAL MANAGE has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE P/E Ratio and Book Market Ratio.
ValuEngine Forecast |
||
Target |
Expected |
|
---|---|---|
1-Month |
15.37 | 1.10% |
3-Month |
15.66 | 3.01% |
6-Month |
15.95 | 4.96% |
1-Year |
17.20 | 13.18% |
2-Year |
16.70 | 9.87% |
3-Year |
17.14 | 12.78% |
Market Overview
Summary of VE Stock Universe |
|
Stocks Undervalued |
68.96% |
Stocks Overvalued |
31.04% |
Stocks Undervalued by 20% |
35.43% |
Stocks Overvalued by 20% |
9.72% |
Sector Overview
Sector |
Change |
MTD |
YTD |
Valuation |
Last 12-MReturn |
P/E Ratio |
Consumer Staples |
-0.29% |
0.82% |
-1.59% |
3.40% overvalued |
-4.29% |
24.55 |
Utilities |
-0.28% |
1.88% |
-0.36% |
0.97% overvalued |
-7.92% |
22.00 |
Industrial Products |
0.46% |
1.84% |
-5.29% |
4.85% undervalued |
-17.89% |
16.82 |
Multi-Sector Conglomerates |
0.41% |
2.57% |
-5.27% |
5.02% undervalued |
-19.01% |
15.60 |
Basic Materials |
0.49% |
8.10% |
-0.62% |
5.61% undervalued |
-18.57% |
24.28 |
Aerospace |
0.48% |
-1.00% |
-9.22% |
6.78% undervalued |
-18.74% |
20.02 |
Computer and Technology |
0.46% |
1.86% |
-1.36% |
7.12% undervalued |
-12.09% |
25.56 |
Business Services |
0.28% |
-0.41% |
-5.59% |
7.23% undervalued |
-15.80% |
21.03 |
Finance |
0.40% |
-0.40% |
-7.01% |
9.46% undervalued |
-10.60% |
15.01 |
Consumer Discretionary |
0.57% |
2.13% |
-4.29% |
10.63% undervalued |
-11.51% |
23.38 |
Construction |
0.84% |
2.08% |
-5.99% |
12.16% undervalued |
-13.94% |
18.01 |
Retail-Wholesale |
0.52% |
3.53% |
-3.32% |
13.26% undervalued |
-15.54% |
22.99 |
Transportation |
0.75% |
2.45% |
-5.97% |
14.16% undervalued |
-28.84% |
12.23 |
Oils-Energy |
1.50% |
-3.82% |
-11.48% |
16.36% undervalued |
-44.47% |
20.81 |
Medical |
1.06% |
-0.55% |
-12.44% |
16.97% undervalued |
-23.91% |
26.43 |
Auto-Tires-Trucks |
0.37% |
0.52% |
-8.21% |
19.48% undervalued |
-25.40% |
11.14 |
Valuation Watch: Overvalued stocks now make up 31.04% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 9.72% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Two sectors are calculated to be overvalued.
Disclosure: None.
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