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For today's 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. Fairpoint Communications (FRP) is our top-rated upgrade this week and it is a STRONG BUY. The other components of our top-five this week are also rated BUY. We did not have enough upgrades that met minimum liquidity requirements with full valuation data so Cambridge Bancorp (CATC ) was included to fill out our list.

Below is today's data on Fairpoint Communications (FRP):

FairPoint Communications, Inc. operates as a provider of communications services to rural and small urban communities, primarily in northern New England. Services offered by the Company includes including local and long distance voice, data, Internet, television and broadband services. The Company operates local exchange companies and also offers video services to its customers by reselling DirectTV content and providing cable and IP television video over digital subscriber line (DSL). FairPoint Communications, Inc. is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine updated its recommendation from BUY to STRONG BUY for Fairpoint Communications on 2016-12-23. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that Fairpoint Communications has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE P/E Ratio and Sharpe Ratio.

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation	8.16% overvalued	Valuation Rank(?)	54
1-M Forecast Return	1.10%	1-M Forecast Return Rank	98
12-M Return	20.62%	Momentum Rank(?)	66
Sharpe Ratio	0.85	Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)	90
5-Y Avg Annual Return	25.09%	5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank	93
Volatility	29.40%	Volatility Rank(?)	55
Expected EPS Growth	-134.80%	EPS Growth Rank(?)	2
Market Cap (billions)	0.52	Size Rank	55
Trailing P/E Ratio	4.31	Trailing P/E Rank(?)	99
Forward P/E Ratio	n/a	Forward P/E Ratio Rank	n/a
PEG Ratio	n/a	PEG Ratio Rank	n/a
Price/Sales	0.62	Price/Sales Rank(?)	80
Market/Book	n/a	Market/Book Rank(?)	n/a
Beta	0.26	Beta Rank	73
Alpha	-0.11	Alpha Rank	29

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