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

RM

REGIONAL MANAGE

15.2

-8.38%

-4.22%

1.10%

13.18%

8.26

Finance

TREE

LENDINGTREE INC

83.48

-39.28%

60.05%

0.74%

8.86%

18.65

Finance

BBY

BEST BUY

32.45

7.69%

-13.58%

0.59%

7.07%

11.59

Retail-Wholesale

BIDU

BAIDU INC

173.8

0.39%

-15.58%

0.54%

6.46%

11.66

Computer and Technology

WPC

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
Price*

Expected
Return

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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