For today’s bulletin, we take a look at our latest BUY and STRONG BUY upgrades. We also provide a link to download a FREE STOCK REPORT on one of our top upgrades for the day, J&J Snack Foods.
VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 51.42% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 20.69% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Ten sectors are calculated to be overvalued.
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. ALL of our upgrades for today are rated BUY.
| Ticker | Company Name | Market Price | Valuation | Last 12-M Return | 1-M Forecast Return | 1-Yr Forecast Return | P/E Ratio | Sector Name |
| SPHS | SOPHIRIS BIO IN | 3.81 | 47.42% | NA | 0.67% | 8.08% | NA | Medical |
| SYK | STRYKER CORP | 169.81 | 11.39% | 20.60% | 0.42% | 5.06% | 24.89 | Medical |
| JJSF | J&J SNACK FOODS | 153.94 | 16.06% | 15.81% | 0.42% | 5.06% | 35.25 | Consumer Staples |
| FRGI | FIESTA RESTRNT | 27.05 | -0.89% | 34.24% | 0.42% | 5.03% | 57.15 | Retail-Wholesale |
| CTT | CATCHMARK TB TR | 12.54 | 23.01% | 9.90% | 0.42% | 5.02% | NA | Finance |
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J&J Snack Foods Corporation is an American manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of branded niche snack foods and frozen beverages for the food service and retail supermarket industries. Manufactured and distributed nationwide, their principal products include SUPERPRETZEL, BAVARIAN BAKERY and other soft pretzels, ICEE and SLUSH PUPPIE frozen beverages, LUIGI’S, MINUTE MAID frozen juice bars and ices, WHOLE FRUIT sorbet and frozen fruit bars, MARY B’S biscuits and dumplings, DADDY RAY’S fig and fruit bars, TIO PEPE’S, CALIFORNIA CHURROS and OREO Churros, PATIO Burritos and other handheld sandwiches, THE FUNNEL CAKE FACTORY funnel cakes, and several bakery brands within COUNTRY HOME BAKERS and HILL & VALLEY.
ValuEngine updated its recommendation from HOLD to BUY for J&J SNACK FOODS on 2018-06-26. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that J&J SNACK FOODS has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Sharpe Ratio and Volatility.
You can download a free copy of detailed report on J&J Snack Foods Corporation (JJSF) from the link below.
| ValuEngine Forecast | ||
| Target Price* |
Expected Return |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1-Month | 155.61 | 0.53% |
| 3-Month | 157.93 | 2.04% |
| 6-Month | 161.49 | 4.33% |
| 1-Year | 164.69 | 6.40% |
| 2-Year | 174.17 | 12.53% |
| 3-Year | 175.92 | 13.66% |
| Valuation & Rankings | |||
| Valuation | 16.38% overvalued | Valuation Rank(?) | 23 |
| 1-M Forecast Return | 0.53% | 1-M Forecast Return Rank | 86 |
| 12-M Return | 17.92% | Momentum Rank(?) | 69 |
| Sharpe Ratio | 0.77 | Sharpe Ratio Rank(?) | 87 |
| 5-Y Avg Annual Return | 12.47% | 5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank | 78 |
| Volatility | 16.10% | Volatility Rank(?) | 77 |
| Expected EPS Growth | 13.28% | EPS Growth Rank(?) | 40 |
| Market Cap (billions) | 2.93 | Size Rank | 75 |
| Trailing P/E Ratio | 35.96 | Trailing P/E Rank(?) | 41 |
| Forward P/E Ratio | 31.74 | Forward P/E Ratio Rank | 14 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.71 | PEG Ratio Rank | 12 |
| Price/Sales | 2.57 | Price/Sales Rank(?) | 42 |
| Market/Book | 5.24 | Market/Book Rank(?) | 28 |
| Beta | 0.61 | Beta Rank | 57 |
| Alpha | 0.01 | Alpha Rank | 62 |
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