ValuEngine Weekly: Basic Materials Stocks, Chemours Company,Valuation Watch, and More

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

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 61.86% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 26.49% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Fifteen sectors are calculated to be overvalued.

ValuEngine Index Overview

Index Week Open Friday PM Change % Change YTD
DJIA 25987.62 26021.11 33.49 0.13% 5.27%
NASDAQ 7307.19 7328.66 21.47 0.29% 6.16%
RUSSELL 2000 1592.91 1595.54 2.63 0.17% 3.91%
S&P 500 2798.96 2805.85 6.89 0.25% 4.95%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued 38.14%
Stocks Overvalued 61.86%
Stocks Undervalued by 20% 17.49%
Stocks Overvalued by 20% 26.49%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector Change MTD YTD Valuation Last 12-MReturn P/E Ratio
Consumer Staples -0.29% 1.08% 1.08% N/A 20.40% 27.68
Transportation -0.20% 4.30% 4.30% N/A 27.95% 25.17
Utilities -0.47% 0.59% 0.59% N/A 9.76% 22.15
Finance -0.36% 2.23% 2.23% N/A 15.11% 19.12
Oils-Energy -0.81% 6.51% 6.51% N/A 4.11% 30.23
Aerospace -0.52% 4.00% 4.00% N/A 29.09% 23.38
Computer and Technology -0.34% 5.20% 5.56% N/A 37.62% 33.49
Multi-Sector Conglomerates -0.40% 3.46% 3.46% N/A 21.61% 22.11
Construction -0.20% 3.83% 3.83% N/A 33.85% 24.35
Industrial Products -0.51% 2.74% 2.74% N/A 27.27% 25.50
Basic Materials -0.69% 3.94% 3.92% N/A 25.49% 25.61
Auto-Tires-Trucks -0.66% 6.02% 6.02% N/A 30.76% 15.88
Medical -0.29% 4.19% 4.19% N/A 47.96% 29.94
Retail-Wholesale -0.32% 3.52% 3.52% N/A 17.78% 25.59
Consumer Discretionary -0.14% 2.47% 2.47% N/A 28.92% 26.08
Business Services -0.40% 2.66% 2.66% N/A 21.82% 26.83

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.

NOTE: Due to technical issues, our database price, valuation, and other figures for individual stocks were not available as of this writing. So, model data from 1-16-18 was used for our bulletin.

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

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
DQ DAQO NEW ENERGY 64.25 103.71% 181.30%
SBGL SIBANYE GLD-ADR 5.39 N/A -33.36%
TX TERNIUM SA-ADR 33.84 20.58% 36.18%
VALE VALE SA 13.17 32.95% 38.49%
LYB LYONDELLBASEL-A 115.89 29.22% 28.81%

Top-Five Basic Materials Stocks–Momentum

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
NTR NUTRIEN LTD 53.05 N/A 182.63%
DQ DAQO NEW ENERGY 64.25 103.71% 181.30%
AGFS AGROFRESH SOL 7.7 N/A 177.98%
VRS VERSO CORP-A 17 N/A 141.13%
KRO KRONOS WORLDWD 26.93 61.72% 113.39%

Top-Five Basic Materials Stocks–Composite Score

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
MT ARCELOR MITTAL 36.71 -22.28% 50.50%
TECK TECK RESOURCES 29.78 0.54% 26.13%
HUN HUNTSMAN CORP 34.01 6.95% 72.12%
WLK WESTLAKE CHEM 110.4 -17.94% 84.71%
EMN EASTMAN CHEM CO 96.81 1.15% 25.83%

Top-Five Basic Materials Stocks–Most Overvalued

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
DQ DAQO NEW ENERGY 64.25 103.71% 181.30%
ANDE ANDERSONS INC 33.15 72.37% -13.45%
SQM SOC QUIMICA MIN 58.59 67.78% 90.10%
KRO KRONOS WORLDWD 26.93 61.72% 113.39%
MTRN MATERION CORP 52.75 57.20% 35.43%

 

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Chemours Company (CC) is involved in chemical business. It operating segment consists of Titanium Technologies, Fluoroproducts and Chemical Solutions. Titanium Technologies segment produces titanium dioxide and premium white pigment. Fluoroproducts segment provides fluoroproducts, refrigerants and industrial fluoropolymer resins. Chemical Solutions segment provides industrial and specialty chemicals. The company’s brand consists of Teflon(R), Ti-Pure(R), Krytox(R) Viton(R), Opteon(R) and Nafion(R). Chemours Company is headquartered in Wilmington.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its BUY recommendation on Chemours Company for 2018-01-18. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that Chemours Company has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Momentum and Sharpe Ratio.

You can download a free copy of detailed report on Chemours Company (CC) from the link below.

Read our Complete Rating and Forecast Report HERE.

ValuEngine Forecast
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month 51.86 0.50%
3-Month 51.23 -0.72%
6-Month 51.98 0.73%
1-Year 54.68 5.98%
2-Year 53.17 3.04%
3-Year 52.29 1.33%
Valuation & Rankings
Valuation n/a Valuation Rank(?) n/a
1-M Forecast Return 0.50% 1-M Forecast Return Rank 84
12-M Return 106.24% Momentum Rank(?) 96
Sharpe Ratio 0.96 Sharpe Ratio Rank(?) 88
5-Y Avg Annual Return 63.01% 5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank 99
Volatility 65.97% Volatility Rank(?) 25
Expected EPS Growth 58.47% EPS Growth Rank(?) 76
Market Cap (billions) 9.34 Size Rank 87
Trailing P/E Ratio 14.10 Trailing P/E Rank(?) 84
Forward P/E Ratio 8.90 Forward P/E Ratio Rank 90
PEG Ratio 0.24 PEG Ratio Rank 76
Price/Sales 1.58 Price/Sales Rank(?) 59
Market/Book 14.64 Market/Book Rank(?) 12
Beta 3.39 Beta Rank 4
Alpha 0.22 Alpha Rank 83

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