ValuEngine Weekly: Consumer Discretionary Stocks, Apple Inc., Valuations, and More

Editor’s Note: With today’s Weekly Newsletter, we end our Holiday hiatus and return to our normal publication schedule.

This week, we provide top-five ranked VE data for our Consumer Discretionary Sector stocks, we also take a look at Apple $AAPL and provide a free download link for our stock report on the company.

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 18.85% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 6.91% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. There are no sectors calculated to be overvalued.

ValuEngine Index Overview

Index Week Open Friday PM Change % Change YTD
DJIA 23153.94 23410.79 256.85 1.11% 0.36%
NASDAQ 6649.52 6730.89 81.37 1.22% 1.44%
RUSSELL 2000 1338.52 1382.69 44.17 3.30% 2.53%
S&P 500 2498.94 2527.1 28.16 1.13% 0.81%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued 81.15%
Stocks Overvalued 18.85%
Stocks Undervalued by 20% 48.82%
Stocks Overvalued by 20% 6.91%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector Change MTD YTD Valuation Last 12-MReturn P/E Ratio
Utilities -0.35% 0.42% 0.42% 3.96% undervalued -4.07% 19.39
Business Services -1.13% 0.08% 0.08% 8.69% undervalued -8.80% 21.14
Consumer Staples 0.03% 0.81% 0.81% 10.37% undervalued -9.07% 21.20
Computer and Technology -2.94% -1.49% -1.36% 11.32% undervalued -4.27% 25.38
Retail-Wholesale -1.06% 0.62% 0.62% 14.05% undervalued -8.64% 20.08
Aerospace -2.11% -0.41% -0.41% 14.86% undervalued -8.08% 22.76
Medical -1.87% 0.26% 0.26% 14.88% undervalued 1.99% 27.15
Multi-Sector Conglomerates -1.50% -0.40% -0.40% 15.11% undervalued -18.04% 15.58
Consumer Discretionary -1.15% 0.58% 0.58% 15.35% undervalued -10.87% 22.09
Finance -0.42% 0.20% 0.20% 16.29% undervalued -11.59% 14.50
Basic Materials -0.60% 0.76% 0.74% 20.28% undervalued -22.17% 18.61
Transportation -1.51% 0.00% 0.00% 20.32% undervalued -18.48% 15.98
Industrial Products -1.28% -0.11% -0.11% 20.58% undervalued -15.44% 18.45
Auto-Tires-Trucks -2.03% -1.09% -1.09% 23.04% undervalued -26.50% 9.70
Construction -0.98% 0.72% 0.72% 26.92% undervalued -25.20% 15.79
Oils-Energy 0.13% 3.14% 3.14% 37.62% undervalued -23.95% 16.59

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Sector Talk–Consumer Discretionary

Below, we present the latest data on Consumer Discretionary 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 Consumer Discretionary Stocks–Short-Term Forecast Returns

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
GLUU GLU MOBILE INC 7.55 37.75% 106.85%
BEL BELMOND LTD 24.85 82.83% 101.21%
WWE WORLD WRESTLING 73.1 33.46% 137.57%
CROX CROCS INC 27.07 27.03% 109.84%
MSG MADISON SQUAR-A 260.78 28.37% 23.42%

Top-Five Consumer Discretionary Stocks–Momentum

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
WWE WORLD WRESTLING 73.1 33.46% 137.57%
CROX CROCS INC 27.07 27.03% 109.84%
GLUU GLU MOBILE INC 7.55 37.75% 106.85%
BEL BELMOND LTD 24.85 82.83% 101.21%
SEAS SEAWORLD ENTERT 23.36 9.56% 70.51%

Top-Five Consumer Discretionary Stocks–Composite Score

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
DISCA DISCOVERY COM-A 25.68 -34.16% 13.53%
DISCK DISCOVERY COM-C 23.89 -21.00% 11.22%
SNE SONY CORP ADR 47.02 -21.33% 1.56%
SIRI SIRIUS XM HLDGS 5.94 -14.99% 14.01%
AMCX AMC NETWORKS- A 56.4 -19.03% 9.09%

Top-Five Consumer Discretionary Stocks–Most Overvalued

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
BEL BELMOND LTD 24.85 82.83% 101.21%
FOX TWENTY-FIRST CF 47.18 39.70% 31.31%
GLUU GLU MOBILE INC 7.55 37.75% 106.85%
FOXA TWENTY-FST CF-A 47.48 36.93% 29.94%
FWONA LIBERTY MEDIA-A 29.86 35.71% -8.29%

 

 

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) is engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players. The Company’s products and services include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple TV, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, the iOS and Mac OS X operating systems, iCloud, and a range of accessory, service and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its online stores, its retail stores, its direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, and resellers. Apple Inc. is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine updated its recommendation from HOLD to SELL for APPLE INC on 2019-01-03. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that APPLE INC has the probability to UNDERPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits UNATTRACTIVE Book Market Ratio and Price Sales Ratio.

You can download a free copy of detailed report on Apple Inc. (AAPL) from the link below.

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ValuEngine Forecast
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month 141.34 -0.59%
3-Month 139.56 -1.85%
6-Month 136.69 -3.86%
1-Year 132.04 -7.14%
2-Year 131.99 -7.18%
3-Year 135.43 -4.75%
Valuation & Rankings
Valuation 29.71% undervalued Valuation Rank(?) 70
1-M Forecast Return -0.59% 1-M Forecast Return Rank 14
12-M Return -17.44% Momentum Rank(?) 43
Sharpe Ratio 0.53 Sharpe Ratio Rank(?) 91
5-Y Avg Annual Return 13.54% 5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank 90
Volatility 25.48% Volatility Rank(?) 59
Expected EPS Growth 6.96% EPS Growth Rank(?) 34
Market Cap (billions) 828.22 Size Rank 100
Trailing P/E Ratio 11.25 Trailing P/E Rank(?) 78
Forward P/E Ratio 10.52 Forward P/E Ratio Rank 62
PEG Ratio 1.62 PEG Ratio Rank 25
Price/Sales 3.12 Price/Sales Rank(?) 29
Market/Book 7.73 Market/Book Rank(?) 16
Beta 1.20 Beta Rank 28
Alpha 0.01 Alpha Rank 73

 

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