This week, we provide top-five ranked VE data for our Business Services Stocks. We take a look at our latest data on General Mills. We currently have an overvaluation warning underway. You can now sign up online for ValuEngine Capital, the investment advisory firm.

VALUATION WARNING: Overvalued stocks now make up 68.96% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 34.47% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Sixteen sectors are calculated to be overvalued.

ValuEngine Index Overview

Index	Week Open	Friday AM	Change	% Change	YTD
DJIA	20338.54	20561.21	222.67	1.09%	4.04%
NASDAQ	5753.19	5818.67	65.48	1.14%	8.09%
RUSSELL 2000	1390.41	1395.44	5.03	0.36%	2.82%
S&P 500	2321.72	2343.29	21.57	0.93%	4.67%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued	31.04%
Stocks Overvalued	68.96%
Stocks Undervalued by 20%	13.24%
Stocks Overvalued by 20%	34.47%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector	Change	MTD	YTD	Valuation	Last 12-MReturn	P/E Ratio
Industrial Products	0.13%	1.13%	3.97%	22.54% overvalued	39.49%	24.16
Multi-Sector Conglomerates	0.69%	2.65%	5.63%	19.49% overvalued	31.23%	19.95
Finance	0.39%	3.03%	4.33%	19.11% overvalued	29.31%	18.53
Computer and Technology	0.31%	2.68%	7.22%	17.54% overvalued	33.88%	31.02
Aerospace	0.74%	1.10%	3.41%	15.96% overvalued	36.41%	20.88
Transportation	0.53%	2.15%	6.99%	15.74% overvalued	29.24%	19.22
Business Services	0.59%	1.15%	2.67%	14.00% overvalued	24.62%	23.68
Basic Materials	-0.27%	3.91%	12.34%	12.48% overvalued	84.69%	28.10
Utilities	0.40%	0.56%	2.81%	12.35% overvalued	23.15%	23.65
Consumer Staples	0.40%	2.01%	3.52%	11.62% overvalued	21.98%	24.86
Auto-Tires-Trucks	0.29%	3.88%	6.20%	10.66% overvalued	44.27%	14.74
Construction	0.68%	3.55%	5.32%	10.16% overvalued	45.84%	21.08
Oils-Energy	-0.31%	0.71%	3.34%	9.95% overvalued	58.07%	28.27
Consumer Discretionary	0.21%	1.20%	2.89%	9.33% overvalued	28.15%	24.57
Medical	0.98%	4.32%	8.96%	3.64% overvalued	17.25%	27.59
Retail-Wholesale	0.55%	3.31%	1.74%	3.44% overvalued	13.59%	23.56

Sector Talk–Business Services

  Below, we present the latest data on Business Services 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 Business Services Stocks–Short-Term Forecast Returns

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
FDC	FIRST DATA CORP	16.18	-36.41%	58.32%
EVTC	EVERTEC INC	17.25	-9.43%	40.82%
ACTG	ACACIA RESEARCH	5.8	N/A	55.91%
LAMR	LAMAR ADVER CO	78.45	N/A	47.55%
CAR	AVIS BUDGET GRP	35.76	-20.09%	29.57%

Top-Five Business Services Stocks–Momentum

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
AQMS	AQUA METALS INC	18.11	N/A	269.59%
AGX	ARGAN INC	71.25	N/A	136.24%
TNET	TRINET GROUP	26.14	7.40%	98.93%
BID	SOTHEBYS	41.2	N/A	86.68%
LQDT	LIQUIDITY SVCS	8.5	174.71%	86.00%

Top-Five Business Services Stocks–Composite Score

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
FDC	FIRST DATA CORP	16.18	-36.41%	58.32%
EVTC	EVERTEC INC	17.25	-9.43%	40.82%
CAR	AVIS BUDGET GRP	35.76	-20.09%	29.57%
ADS	ALLIANCE DATA	231.41	-9.55%	23.43%
SCS	STEELCASE INC	16.25	-6.93%	36.44%

Top-Five Business Services Stocks–Most Overvalued

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
HRI	HERC HOLDINGS	50.35	300.00%	-58.69%
LQDT	LIQUIDITY SVCS	8.5	174.71%	86.00%
BCO	BRINKS CO THE	52.95	70.28%	81.21%
RSG	REPUBLIC SVCS	59.05	37.23%	29.98%
GDOT	GREEN DOT CP-A	26.75	36.52%	36.34%

 

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General Mills, Inc. (GIS) is one of the leading producers of packaged consumer foods and markets its products primarily through its own sales organizations, supported by advertising and other promotional activities. Such products are primarily distributed directly to retail food chains, cooperatives, membership stores and wholesalers.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its HOLD recommendation on General Mills for 2017-02-16. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that General Mills has the probability to ROUGHLY MATCH average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Company Size but UNATTRACTIVE Book Market Ratio.

You can download a free copy of detailed report on General Mills, Inc. (GIS) from the link below.

Read our Complete Rating and Forecast Report on General Mills (GIS) HERE.

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation	9.74% overvalued	Valuation Rank(?)	59
1-M Forecast Return	-0.17%	1-M Forecast Return Rank	36
12-M Return	6.73%	Momentum Rank(?)	31
Sharpe Ratio	0.64	Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)	83
5-Y Avg Annual Return	9.00%	5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank	71
Volatility	14.08%	Volatility Rank(?)	83
Expected EPS Growth	12.42%	EPS Growth Rank(?)	45
Market Cap (billions)	37.15	Size Rank	97
Trailing P/E Ratio	20.65	Trailing P/E Rank(?)	63
Forward P/E Ratio	18.37	Forward P/E Ratio Rank	44
PEG Ratio	1.66	PEG Ratio Rank	31
Price/Sales	2.33	Price/Sales Rank(?)	45
Market/Book	8.21	Market/Book Rank(?)	17
Beta	0.56	Beta Rank	62
Alpha	0.01	Alpha Rank	49

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