This week, we provide top-five ranked VE data for our Finance Stocks. We take a look at our latest data on Beazer Homes. We currently have an overvaluation warning underway.

VALUATION WARNING: Overvalued stocks now make up 68.73% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 32.86% 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	Thursday AM	Change	% Change	YTD
DJIA	20808.71	21062.12	222.67	1.09%	6.58%
NASDAQ	5835.04	5871.47	65.48	1.14%	9.07%
RUSSELL 2000	1394.53	1403	5.03	0.36%	3.38%
S&P 500	2365.23	2384.36	21.57	0.93%	6.50%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued	31.27%
Stocks Overvalued	68.73%
Stocks Undervalued by 20%	13.06%
Stocks Overvalued by 20%	32.86%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector	Change	MTD	YTD	Valuation	Last 12-MReturn	P/E Ratio
Industrial Products	1.57%	1.66%	4.63%	20.64% overvalued	34.59%	23.76
Multi-Sector Conglomerates	1.48%	1.55%	6.45%	18.45% overvalued	22.45%	19.68
Computer and Technology	0.84%	1.01%	7.62%	17.53% overvalued	25.53%	31.27
Finance	0.91%	0.96%	4.97%	17.29% overvalued	25.29%	18.27
Aerospace	0.64%	0.72%	4.45%	17.17% overvalued	31.46%	21.63
Business Services	0.82%	0.87%	4.29%	13.96% overvalued	18.12%	24.86
Utilities	0.95%	1.01%	2.28%	13.87% overvalued	22.08%	24.87
Transportation	1.19%	1.30%	6.91%	12.92% overvalued	23.26%	20.02
Construction	1.66%	1.76%	9.08%	11.73% overvalued	35.60%	21.30
Consumer Staples	0.93%	0.98%	3.56%	10.89% overvalued	15.31%	24.76
Auto-Tires-Trucks	1.29%	1.44%	5.39%	10.05% overvalued	34.69%	14.58
Basic Materials	1.60%	1.70%	10.20%	9.65% overvalued	70.86%	27.98
Consumer Discretionary	0.87%	0.95%	3.74%	6.73% overvalued	21.61%	25.55
Oils-Energy	0.98%	1.07%	0.83%	5.60% overvalued	42.47%	30.63
Medical	0.52%	0.68%	10.64%	2.23% overvalued	13.90%	28.70
Retail-Wholesale	0.53%	0.63%	0.46%	1.90% overvalued	6.05%	22.25

Sector Talk–Finance

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

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
CORR	CORENERGY INFRA	35.95	1.99%	163.76%
BDORY	BANCO DO BRASIL	10.83	N/A	195.10%
PFSI	PENNYMAC FIN SV	17.95	7.70%	49.33%
APO	APOLLO GLOBAL-A	22.93	2.10%	45.59%
FIG	FORTRESS INVEST	7.97	15.69%	66.74%

Top-Five Finance Stocks–Momentum

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
EZPW	EZCORP INC CL A	9.15	51.36%	227.96%
SOXL	DIR-D SM BL 3X	72.54	N/A	216.49%
XIV	VEL-INV VIX ST	64.66	N/A	214.65%
SVXY	PRO-SH VIX STF	125.3	N/A	212.55%
GNL	GLOBAL NET LEAS	24.98	N/A	212.25%

Top-Five Finance Stocks–Composite Score

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
MTU	MITSUBISHI-UFJ	6.73	6.87%	53.65%
SAN	BANCO SANTAN SA	5.6	-7.62%	34.62%
CORR	CORENERGY INFRA	35.95	1.99%	163.76%
BCS	BARCLAY PLC-ADR	11.35	-9.72%	27.67%
NMR	NOMURA HLDG-ADR	6.64	3.42%	52.29%

Top-Five Finance Stocks–Most Overvalued

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
EHTH	EHEALTH INC	11.45	300.00%	14.96%
BSBR	BANCO SANT-ADS	11.14	110.63%	184.91%
RCII	RENT-A-CENTER	9.03	77.82%	-31.02%
AEL	AMER EQUITY INV	27.67	67.26%	90.17%
HMN	HORACE MANN EDS	43.35	65.63%	37.66%

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Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (BZH) designs, builds and sells single family homes. The company designs homes to appeal primarily to entry-level and first move-up home buyers. Their objective is to provide customers with homes that incorporate quality and value. The company’s subsidiary, Beazer Mortgage, originates the mortgages for the company’s home buyers.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its STRONG BUY recommendation on Beazer Homes for 2017-03-01. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that Beazer Homes has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Price Sales Ratio and Book Market Ratio.

You can download a free copy of detailed report on Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (BZH) from the link below.

Read our Complete Rating and Forecast Report on Beazer Homes (BZH) HERE.

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation	21.80% undervalued	Valuation Rank(?)	88
1-M Forecast Return	1.03%	1-M Forecast Return Rank	98
12-M Return	61.34%	Momentum Rank(?)	82
Sharpe Ratio	-0.10	Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)	40
5-Y Avg Annual Return	-4.92%	5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank	37
Volatility	50.12%	Volatility Rank(?)	34
Expected EPS Growth	21.36%	EPS Growth Rank(?)	57
Market Cap (billions)	0.34	Size Rank	48
Trailing P/E Ratio	17.07	Trailing P/E Rank(?)	74
Forward P/E Ratio	14.07	Forward P/E Ratio Rank	67
PEG Ratio	0.80	PEG Ratio Rank	50
Price/Sales	0.19	Price/Sales Rank(?)	95
Market/Book	0.53	Market/Book Rank(?)	92
Beta	2.89	Beta Rank	5
Alpha	-0.07	Alpha Rank	31

 

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