ValuEngine Weekly: Retail/Wholesale Stocks, Amazon, Valuations, and More

This week, we provide top-five ranked VE data for our Retail/Wholesale Sector stocks, we also take a look at Amazon $AMZN and provide a free download link for our stock report on the company.

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 26.39% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 9.96% 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 23474.26 23924.92 450.66 1.92% 2.56%
NASDAQ 6757.53 6954.86 197.33 2.92% 4.82%
RUSSELL 2000 1380.84 1438.98 58.14 4.21% 6.70%
S&P 500 2535.61 2589.75 54.14 2.14% 3.31%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued 73.61%
Stocks Overvalued 26.39%
Stocks Undervalued by 20% 36.59%
Stocks Overvalued by 20% 9.96%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector Change MTD YTD Valuation Last 12-MReturn P/E Ratio
Utilities -0.28% 5.00% 5.00% 0.45% undervalued -0.82% 19.84
Business Services 0.93% 6.66% 6.66% 1.69% undervalued -4.44% 21.67
Computer and Technology 1.12% 4.55% 4.68% 2.96% undervalued 1.06% 27.17
Consumer Staples 0.19% 4.76% 4.76% 5.48% undervalued -6.28% 22.04
Medical 1.18% 9.54% 9.54% 6.80% undervalued 9.39% 27.30
Retail-Wholesale 1.23% 7.15% 7.15% 6.85% undervalued -2.24% 21.58
Multi-Sector Conglomerates 0.94% 5.15% 5.15% 7.91% undervalued -15.21% 16.45
Consumer Discretionary 0.82% 6.54% 6.54% 8.23% undervalued -5.26% 23.45
Aerospace 0.38% 5.10% 5.10% 8.63% undervalued -3.69% 24.13
Finance 0.62% 4.72% 4.72% 11.18% undervalued -8.84% 15.21
Transportation 0.91% 7.48% 7.48% 13.31% undervalued -13.93% 17.67
Auto-Tires-Trucks 1.51% 6.95% 6.95% 13.39% undervalued -23.88% 10.56
Industrial Products 0.70% 5.93% 5.93% 13.65% undervalued -11.15% 19.78
Basic Materials 1.35% 6.32% 6.30% 15.33% undervalued -19.62% 19.94
Construction 0.81% 7.60% 7.60% 19.53% undervalued -21.28% 16.64
Oils-Energy 1.70% 12.63% 12.63% 30.97% undervalued -18.59% 17.68

 

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Sector Talk–Retail/Wholesale

Below, we present the latest data on Retail/Wholesale 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 Retail/Wholesale Stocks–Short-Term Forecast Returns

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
W WAYFAIR INC 96.76 110.47% 16.51%
WING WINGSTOP INC 70.27 58.32% 62.55%
GAIA GAIA INC 11.42 42.03% -3.63%
FIVE FIVE BELOW INC 121.48 31.92% 81.45%
IAC IAC/INTERACTIV 185.27 32.38% 38.04%

Top-Five Retail/Wholesale Stocks–Momentum

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
FOSL FOSSIL GRP INC 18.69 -15.23% 126.55%
PCMI PCMI INC 18.92 -9.83% 105.65%
FIVE FIVE BELOW INC 121.48 31.92% 81.45%
HLF HERBALIFE LTD 58.39 46.18% 67.43%
WING WINGSTOP INC 70.27 58.32% 62.55%

Top-Five Retail/Wholesale Stocks–Composite Score

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
M MACYS INC 30.83 -32.77% 26.15%
KSS KOHLS CORP 69.18 -8.02% 21.58%
FL FOOT LOCKER INC 56.78 -1.46% 20.89%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INC 1656.58 -22.49% 32.86%
ORLY O REILLY AUTO 336.07 0.19% 29.26%

Top-Five Retail/Wholesale Stocks–Most Overvalued

Ticker Name Mkt Price Valuation (%) Last 12-M Return (%)
NETE NET ELEMENT INT 6.37 300.00% -41.24%
ASNA ASCENA RETAIL 3.17 300.00% N/A
W WAYFAIR INC 96.76 110.47% 16.51%
RUSHA RUSH ENTRPRS-A 36.9 65.17% -28.71%
DFRG DEL FRISCOS RST 7.96 60.45% -46.93%

 

 

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Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. It operates through the North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. The company sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors, as well as those offered by third-party sellers through retail Websites, such as amazon.com, amazon.ca, amazon.com.mx, amazon.com.au, amazon.com.br, amazon.cn, amazon.fr, amazon.de, amazon.in, amazon.it, amazon.co.jp, amazon.nl, amazon.es, and amazon.co.uk. It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including kindle e-readers, fire tablets, fire TVs, and echo; and provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its HOLD recommendation on Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) for 2019-01-10. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) has the probability to ROUGHLY MATCH average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Company Size but UNATTRACTIVE Book Market Ratio.

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ValuEngine Forecast
Target
Price*
Expected
Return
1-Month 1,658.59 0.14%
3-Month 1,614.67 -2.51%
6-Month 1,621.65 -2.09%
1-Year 1,684.70 1.72%
2-Year 1,237.05 -25.31%
3-Year 1,125.47 -32.05%
Valuation & Rankings
Valuation 22.13% undervalued Valuation Rank(?) 69
1-M Forecast Return 0.14% 1-M Forecast Return Rank 61
12-M Return 32.04% Momentum Rank(?) 94
Sharpe Ratio 0.91 Sharpe Ratio Rank(?) 98
5-Y Avg Annual Return 26.52% 5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank 97
Volatility 29.07% Volatility Rank(?) 53
Expected EPS Growth 36.18% EPS Growth Rank(?) 70
Market Cap (billions) 766.85 Size Rank 100
Trailing P/E Ratio 84.63 Trailing P/E Rank(?) 33
Forward P/E Ratio 62.15 Forward P/E Ratio Rank 5
PEG Ratio 2.34 PEG Ratio Rank 18
Price/Sales 3.47 Price/Sales Rank(?) 28
Market/Book 31.21 Market/Book Rank(?) 5
Beta 1.65 Beta Rank 15
Alpha 0.36 Alpha Rank 94

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