ValuEngine Weekly: Basic Materials Stocks, Twitter,Valuation Watch, and More

This week, we provide top-five ranked VE data for our Basic Materials stocks. We take a look at our latest data on Twitter $TWTR.

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 60.36% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 24.01% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Thirteen sectors are calculated to be overvalued. We have re-instituted our Valuation Watch.

ValuEngine Index Overview

Index Week Open Friday PM Change % Change YTD
DJIA 21633.97 21622.17 -11.8 -0.05% 9.41%
NASDAQ 6320.35 6391.14 70.79 1.12% 18.73%
RUSSELL 2000 1428.78 1443 14.22 1.00% 6.33%
S&P 500 2459.5 2475.93 16.43 0.67% 10.59%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued 39.64%
Stocks Overvalued 60.36%
Stocks Undervalued by 20% 17.43%
Stocks Overvalued by 20% 24.01%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector Change MTD YTD Valuation Last 12-MReturn P/E Ratio
Aerospace 0.28% 1.90% 5.63% 16.56% overvalued 29.77% 21.68
Computer and Technology 0.66% 3.58% 21.76% 16.26% overvalued 23.38% 31.69
Multi-Sector Conglomerates 0.69% 2.39% 12.47% 12.33% overvalued 13.81% 20.90
Industrial Products 0.42% 0.84% 8.20% 11.90% overvalued 22.70% 24.86
Construction 0.64% 0.72% 12.02% 11.05% overvalued 17.24% 21.93
Utilities 1.11% 1.41% 13.43% 9.29% overvalued 10.78% 25.35
Finance 0.29% 1.01% 6.90% 8.62% overvalued 15.57% 18.36
Consumer Discretionary 0.66% 0.49% 11.12% 7.86% overvalued 18.72% 26.97
Transportation 0.47% 1.59% 10.88% 6.43% overvalued 16.89% 21.54
Auto-Tires-Trucks 0.00% 0.78% 15.30% 6.34% overvalued 35.53% 15.02
Business Services 0.55% 1.48% 6.87% 5.26% overvalued 7.90% 24.30
Consumer Staples 0.43% 0.14% 4.96% 2.40% overvalued 8.22% 25.56
Medical 0.27% 0.19% 17.83% 1.93% overvalued 12.02% 28.99
Basic Materials 0.71% 2.60% 9.06% 2.17% undervalued 9.45% 24.83
Retail-Wholesale 0.36% -0.66% 0.52% 4.38% undervalued 3.51% 23.28
Oils-Energy 1.41% 1.88% -1.86% 8.38% undervalued -1.50% 28.22

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 (%)
TECK TECK RESOURCES 19.41 -35.93% 44.63%
MT ARCELOR MITTAL 26.1 -19.43% 59.61%
VALE VALE SA 9.42 0.93% 81.15%
AKS AK STEEL HLDG 6.6 -6.66% 20.88%
BBL BILLITON ADR 34.62 N/A 39.71%

Top-Five Basic Materials Stocks–Momentum

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
CC CHEMOURS COMPNY 45.15 N/A 396.15%
KRO KRONOS WORLDWD 20.21 47.23% 256.44%
MTL MECHEL OAO ADS 5 N/A 182.49%
TROX TRONOX LTD 18.36 N/A 174.44%
NL NL INDS INC 7.4 N/A 146.67%

Top-Five Basic Materials Stocks–Composite Score

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
MT ARCELOR MITTAL 26.1 -19.43% 59.61%
TECK TECK RESOURCES 19.41 -35.93% 44.63%
VALE VALE SA 9.42 0.93% 81.15%
MEOH METHANEX CORP 47.05 1.69% 65.61%
STLD STEEL DYNAMICS 37.49 1.75% 39.63%

Top-Five Basic Materials Stocks–Most Overvalued

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
TMST TIMKENSTEEL CP 16.18 84.25% 41.06%
UAN CVR PARTNERS LP 3.83 70.71% -52.42%
ALB ALBEMARLE CORP 119.16 69.58% 38.69%
CLW CLEARWATER PAPR 49.65 51.91% -27.45%
KRO KRONOS WORLDWD 20.21 47.23% 256.44%

 

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Twitter (TWTR) is a public, real-time, global platform where any user can create a Tweet and any user can follow other users. The platform is unique in its simplicity: Tweets are limited to 140 characters of text. This constraint makes it easy for anyone to quickly create, distribute and discover content that is consistent across our platform and optimized for mobile devices. As a result, Tweets drive a high velocity of information exchange that makes Twitter uniquely live.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its HOLD recommendation on Twitter for 2017-07-19. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that Twitter has the probability to ROUGHLY MATCH average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Company Size but UNATTRACTIVE Sharpe Ratio.

You can download a free copy of detailed report on Twitter (TWTR) from the link below.

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ValuEngine Forecast
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month 20.08 -0.21%
3-Month 19.53 -2.94%
6-Month 19.10 -5.05%
1-Year 19.61 -2.54%
2-Year 15.48 -23.08%
3-Year 12.96 -35.59%
Valuation & Rankings
Valuation 25.18% undervalued Valuation Rank(?) 85
1-M Forecast Return -0.21% 1-M Forecast Return Rank 34
12-M Return 9.77% Momentum Rank(?) 51
Sharpe Ratio -0.45 Sharpe Ratio Rank(?) 19
5-Y Avg Annual Return -23.56% 5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank 20
Volatility 51.91% Volatility Rank(?) 32
Expected EPS Growth 20.00% EPS Growth Rank(?) 56
Market Cap (billions) 12.77 Size Rank 91
Trailing P/E Ratio n/a Trailing P/E Rank(?) 27
Forward P/E Ratio n/a Forward P/E Ratio Rank n/a
PEG Ratio 3.35 PEG Ratio Rank 13
Price/Sales 5.14 Price/Sales Rank(?) 21
Market/Book 3.72 Market/Book Rank(?) 35
Beta 1.07 Beta Rank 35
Alpha -0.10 Alpha Rank 32

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