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July 6, 2018


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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
0.89%
0.87%
6.43%
12.54% overvalued
27.03%
31.46
0.66%
1.81%
14.57%
12.40% overvalued
37.84%
29.26
0.82%
0.87%
4.52%
8.18% overvalued
23.83%
24.22
-0.37%
0.07%
3.15%
7.63% overvalued
13.74%
25.39
0.27%
0.37%
2.99%
7.63% overvalued
17.60%
25.34
0.36%
0.99%
6.95%
5.05% overvalued
19.83%
25.56
1.03%
1.53%
-0.61%
4.43% overvalued
12.81%
24.94
0.22%
0.34%
-4.53%
4.29% overvalued
5.06%
18.66
0.77%
1.66%
-5.28%
3.23% overvalued
0.38%
20.64
0.40%
0.80%
1.69%
2.14% overvalued
7.86%
17.75
0.59%
0.84%
1.46%
1.63% undervalued
11.45%
22.91
1.02%
0.74%
-5.69%
2.50% undervalued
3.31%
12.93
0.71%
1.10%
3.45%
4.68% undervalued
18.68%
22.03
0.30%
0.37%
-1.95%
5.39% undervalued
12.96%
19.29
0.56%
0.75%
2.79%
7.99% undervalued
6.48%
21.46
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%

 

 

Free Download for Readers

As a bonus to our Free Weekly Newsletter subscribers,
we are offering a FREE DOWNLOAD of one of our Stock Reports

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.

Read our Complete Rating and Forecast Report HERE.


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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