Today I'm reviewing a large-cap software - application firm by the name of Open Text Corporation. Its trading ticker symbol is OTEX.

The S&P 500 IT sector is still 28% higher over the past year and looking forward, expectations are that in a full year tech earnings will rise by about 20% in 2018 and 11% in 2019.

Regardless of whether you are investing for growth, current income or income growth, valuation is a universal principle that should be applied with discipline and prudence.

50 well known large cap stocks are going ex-dividend this week. If you want to take advantage of that fact you must own the stock on its ex-dividend date.

The average large cap score is 62.53 this week, below the four week moving average score of 65.85. The average large cap stock is trading -9.85% below its 52 week high, 2.33% above its 200 dma, has 4.49 days to cover held short, and is expected to post EPS growth of 13.36% next year.

Although the stock market displayed weakness last week as I suggested it would, bulls aren’t going down easily.

The top scoring sector across our 1,800 stock universe is financials. Healthcare and utilities also score above average this week.

The average large cap stock score is 60.09, below the four week moving average score of 63. The average large cap is trading -9.43% below its 52 week high, 3.10% above its 200 dma, has 4.49 days to cover held short, and is expected to grow EPS by 13.32% next year.

As many investors enjoy the final weeks of summer, some optimistic bulls seem to be positioning themselves well ahead of Labor Day in anticipation of a fall rally. Indeed, last week’s action was impressive

The average score across our large cap universe this week is 59.73, below the four week moving average score of 64.25. The average large cap stock is trading -11.37% below its 52 week high, 1.1% above its 200 dma, has 4.49 days to cover held short, and is expected to grow EPS by 13.38% next year.

The highest scoring names in large cap from 1 year ago (2/26/2013) returned 263 bps more than the S&P 500. The best performers are GILD up 95%, PCLN up 94%, MYL up 83%, YHOO up 80%, TMO up 69%, and XEC up 69%.

Our weekly best and worst reports show you stocks with the best potential returns over the coming 6 to 12 months. The top scoring industry remains industrial goods. Healthcare also scores above average.

Our weekly best and worst large cap report show you the stocks with the best potential returns over the coming six to twelve months.

The best performing sector is industrial goods, followed by healthcare. A list of our picks for the best performing stocks and small caps.