ValuEngine Weekly: Basic Materials Stocks, Dassault Systems, Valuations, and More

EDITOR’S NOTE: With this edition of our weekly, we now return to our regular publication schedule.

This week, we provide top-five ranked VE data for our Basic Materials Sector stocks. We take a look at our latest data on Dassault Systems ADR $DASTY and provide a free download link for our stock report on the company.

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 49.85% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 20.01% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Thirteen sectors are calculated to be overvalued.

ValuEngine Index Overview

Index Week Open Friday PM Change % Change YTD
DJIA 25916.07 25916.38 0.31 0.001% 4.84%
NASDAQ 8087.95 7917.28 -170.67 -2.11% 14.69%
RUSSELL 2000 1740.8 1709.3 -31.5 -1.81% 11.32%
S&P 500 2896.96 2873.06 -23.9 -0.83% 7.46%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued 50.15%
Stocks Overvalued 49.85%
Stocks Undervalued by 20% 20.01%
Stocks Overvalued by 20% 20.01%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector Change MTD YTD Valuation Last 12-MReturn P/E Ratio
Medical -0.63% -1.71% 18.64% 15.33% overvalued 39.14% 30.14
Computer and Technology -1.08% -2.40% 8.91% 14.77% overvalued 26.90% 31.15
Aerospace 0.19% 0.02% 8.14% 13.45% overvalued 20.41% 26.92
Retail-Wholesale -1.25% -1.39% 6.46% 8.57% overvalued 30.83% 24.23
Business Services -0.01% -0.50% 13.83% 8.07% overvalued 21.94% 24.85
Transportation -0.55% -1.26% -1.34% 5.41% overvalued 10.59% 18.83
Multi-Sector Conglomerates -0.17% -1.35% -2.91% 5.02% overvalued 8.36% 20.01
Consumer Staples 0.01% -0.58% -1.46% 4.63% overvalued 10.76% 24.33
Utilities 0.26% -0.50% -3.33% 4.45% overvalued -4.12% 20.80
Consumer Discretionary -0.61% -1.38% 3.23% 4.44% overvalued 17.23% 26.16
Finance -0.37% -0.72% 2.42% 1.72% overvalued 8.32% 17.31
Industrial Products -0.41% -0.78% 4.23% 0.35% overvalued 15.98% 24.51
Auto-Tires-Trucks -0.53% -1.86% -3.42% 0.15% overvalued 2.81% 12.82
Construction 0.03% -0.24% -0.21% 6.50% undervalued 11.18% 20.19
Basic Materials -0.24% -1.97% 0.27% 13.73% undervalued -5.58% 20.92
Oils-Energy -1.49% -2.92% 5.14% 16.99% undervalued 13.65% 22.13

 

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Sector Talk–Basic Materials

Below, we present the latest data on Basic Materials stocks from our Professional Stock Analysis Service. Top- five lists are provided for each category.  We applied some basic liquidity criteria–share price greater than $3 and average daily volume in excess of 100k shares.

Top-Five Basic Materials Stocks–Short-Term Forecast Returns

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
CF CF INDUS HLDGS 50.95 30.75% 63.30%
LMNR LIMONEIRA CO 31.4 21.37% 42.08%
ASH ASHLAND GLOBAL 84.42 19.30% 37.60%
RYAM RAYONIER ADV MT 21.35 34.06% 55.61%
UFS DOMTAR CORP 51.74 34.68% 30.26%

Top-Five Basic Materials Stocks–Momentum

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
CF CF INDUS HLDGS 50.95 30.75% 63.30%
KMG KMG CHEMICALS 76.87 3.30% 59.38%
RYAM RAYONIER ADV MT 21.35 34.06% 55.61%
OEC ORION ENGINRD 33.25 3.05% 55.37%
MOS MOSAIC CO/THE 30.28 1.46% 53.39%

Top-Five Basic Materials Stocks–Composite Score

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
MEOH METHANEX CORP 71.65 -0.95% 41.60%
STLD STEEL DYNAMICS 47.36 -13.18% 38.64%
MOS MOSAIC CO/THE 30.28 1.46% 53.39%
LYB LYONDELLBASEL-A 112.24 2.96% 22.37%
KS KAPSTONE PAPER 34.22 -10.66% 51.75%

Top-Five Basic Materials Stocks–Most Overvalued

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
NSU NEVSUN RESOURCS 4.42 52.14% N/A
UFS DOMTAR CORP 51.74 34.68% 30.26%
RYAM RAYONIER ADV MT 21.35 34.06% 55.61%
CF CF INDUS HLDGS 50.95 30.75% 63.30%
ICL ISRAEL CHEM LTD 5.59 29.22% 27.63%

 

 

Free Download for Readers

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we are offering a FREE DOWNLOAD of one of our Stock Reports

Dassault Systems (DASTY) is a worldwide recognized leader in CAD/CAM/CAE and PDM II markets. The company’s mission to provide solutions to enable customers to build their digital enterprise, by defining, simulating, managing and optimizing concurrently product, manufacturing process, and resources. In this virtual space, customers create innovative, high quality, safe and affordable products. The company delivers scaleable process and design-centric solutions on both Unix and Windows NT environments.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its STRONG BUY recommendation on DASSAULT SY-ADR for 2018-09-06. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that DASSAULT SY-ADR has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Company Size and Sharpe Ratio.

You can download a free copy of detailed report on Dassault Systems (DASTY) from the link below.

Read our Complete Rating and Forecast Report HERE.

ValuEngine Forecast
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month 151.00 1.00%
3-Month 153.33 2.56%
6-Month 158.06 5.73%
1-Year 167.49 12.03%
2-Year 177.59 18.79%
3-Year 175.39 17.31%
Valuation & Rankings
Valuation 40.71% overvalued Valuation Rank(?) 10
1-M Forecast Return 1.00% 1-M Forecast Return Rank 98
12-M Return 50.55% Momentum Rank(?) 90
Sharpe Ratio 1.01 Sharpe Ratio Rank(?) 92
5-Y Avg Annual Return 18.51% 5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank 88
Volatility 18.24% Volatility Rank(?) 71
Expected EPS Growth 11.11% EPS Growth Rank(?) 39
Market Cap (billions) 38.32 Size Rank 97
Trailing P/E Ratio 48.86 Trailing P/E Rank(?) 36
Forward P/E Ratio 43.97 Forward P/E Ratio Rank 9
PEG Ratio 4.40 PEG Ratio Rank 8
Price/Sales 9.83 Price/Sales Rank(?) 12
Market/Book 26.52 Market/Book Rank(?) 7
Beta 0.63 Beta Rank 54
Alpha 0.39 Alpha Rank 91

 

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