ValuEngine Weekly: Consumer Staples Stocks, Axon Enterprise, Valuations, and More

This week, we provide top-five ranked VE data for our Consumer Staples Sector stocks. We take a look at our latest data on Axon Enterprise $AAXN and provide a free download link for our stock report on the company.

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 49.22% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 18.83% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Ten sectors are calculated to be overvalued.

ValuEngine Index Overview

Index Week Open Friday PM Change % Change YTD
DJIA 24161.53 24492.70 331.17 1.37% -0.92%
NASDAQ 7451.90 7682.68 230.78 3.10% 11.29%
RUSSELL 2000 1641.73 1693.14 51.41 3.13% 10.27%
S&P 500 2704.95 2760.60 55.65 2.06% 3.25%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued 50.78%
Stocks Overvalued 49.22%
Stocks Undervalued by 20% 18.77%
Stocks Overvalued by 20% 18.83%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector Change MTD YTD Valuation Last 12-MReturn P/E Ratio
Computer and Technology 0.89% 0.87% 6.43% 12.54% overvalued 27.03% 31.46
Medical 0.66% 1.81% 14.57% 12.40% overvalued 37.84% 29.26
Retail-Wholesale 0.82% 0.87% 4.52% 8.18% overvalued 23.83% 24.22
Aerospace -0.37% 0.07% 3.15% 7.63% overvalued 13.74% 25.39
Consumer Discretionary 0.27% 0.37% 2.99% 7.63% overvalued 17.60% 25.34
Business Services 0.36% 0.99% 6.95% 5.05% overvalued 19.83% 25.56
Consumer Staples 1.03% 1.53% -0.61% 4.43% overvalued 12.81% 24.94
Multi-Sector Conglomerates 0.22% 0.34% -4.53% 4.29% overvalued 5.06% 18.66
Utilities 0.77% 1.66% -5.28% 3.23% overvalued 0.38% 20.64
Finance 0.40% 0.80% 1.69% 2.14% overvalued 7.86% 17.75
Industrial Products 0.59% 0.84% 1.46% 1.63% undervalued 11.45% 22.91
Auto-Tires-Trucks 1.02% 0.74% -5.69% 2.50% undervalued 3.31% 12.93
Construction 0.71% 1.10% 3.45% 4.68% undervalued 18.68% 22.03
Transportation 0.30% 0.37% -1.95% 5.39% undervalued 12.96% 19.29
Basic Materials 0.56% 0.75% 2.79% 7.99% undervalued 6.48% 21.46
Oils-Energy 0.07% 0.07% 7.96% 12.84% undervalued 17.14% 25.60

 

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Sector Talk–Consumer Staples

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

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
MED MEDIFAST INC 166.56 174.03% 306.14%
FRPT FRESHPET INC 29.5 161.25% 82.10%
CHEF CHEFS WAREHOUSE 29.75 56.55% 138.00%
MGPI MGP INGREDIENTS 94.85 29.19% 86.35%
SAM BOSTON BEER INC 304.95 23.64% 128.43%

Top-Five Consumer Staples Stocks–Momentum

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
MED MEDIFAST INC 166.56 174.03% 306.14%
CHEF CHEFS WAREHOUSE 29.75 56.55% 138.00%
SAM BOSTON BEER INC 304.95 23.64% 128.43%
MGPI MGP INGREDIENTS 94.85 29.19% 86.35%
FRPT FRESHPET INC 29.5 161.25% 82.10%

Top-Five Consumer Staples Stocks–Composite Score

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
SYY SYSCO CORP 69.36 5.99% 40.46%
EL ESTEE LAUDER 143.55 11.66% 49.97%
DPS DR PEPPER SNAPL 123.81 11.75% 37.92%
BF.B BROWN FORMAN  B 50.55 1.07% 31.09%
GCI GANNETT CO INC 10.84 17.56% 25.46%

Top-Five Consumer Staples Stocks–Most Overvalued

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
MED MEDIFAST INC 166.56 174.03% 306.14%
FRPT FRESHPET INC 29.5 161.25% 82.10%
DAR DARLING INGRDNT 19.88 58.12% 24.72%
CHEF CHEFS WAREHOUSE 29.75 56.55% 138.00%
STKL SUNOPTA INC 8.95 49.84% -9.60%

 

 

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Axon Enterprise, Inc. (AAXN) engages in the development, manufacture and sale of conducted electrical weapons for the law enforcement, federal, military, corrections, private security and personal defense markets. Its operating segment consists of TASER Weapons and Axon segments. TASER Weapons segment involves in the sale of conducted electrical weapons, accessories and other products and services. Axon segment focuses on devices, wearables, applications, cloud and mobile products. Axon Enterprise Inc., formerly known as TASER International Inc., is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its STRONG BUY recommendation on AXON ENTERPRISE for 2018-07-05. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that AXON ENTERPRISE 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 Axon Enterprise, Inc. (AAXN) from the link below.

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ValuEngine Forecast
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month 65.78 1.23%
3-Month 66.85 2.87%
6-Month 69.27 6.61%
1-Year 74.59 14.78%
2-Year 78.49 20.79%
3-Year 78.03 20.08%
Valuation & Rankings
Valuation 114.49% overvalued Valuation Rank(?) 3
1-M Forecast Return 1.23% 1-M Forecast Return Rank 100
12-M Return 157.14% Momentum Rank(?) 98
Sharpe Ratio 0.82 Sharpe Ratio Rank(?) 88
5-Y Avg Annual Return 40.07% 5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank 97
Volatility 48.73% Volatility Rank(?) 33
Expected EPS Growth 33.33% EPS Growth Rank(?) 65
Market Cap (billions) 3.41 Size Rank 76
Trailing P/E Ratio 154.71 Trailing P/E Rank(?) 31
Forward P/E Ratio 116.04 Forward P/E Ratio Rank 3
PEG Ratio 4.64 PEG Ratio Rank 6
Price/Sales 9.33 Price/Sales Rank(?) 13
Market/Book 20.45 Market/Book Rank(?) 8
Beta 0.83 Beta Rank 47
Alpha 0.83 Alpha Rank 97

 

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