October 5, 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 Transocean Limited $RIG and provide a free download link for our stock report on the company.

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 49.03% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 19.71% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Twelve sectors are calculated to be overvalued.

ValuEngine Index Overview

Index	Week Open	Friday PM	Change	% Change	YTD
DJIA	26598.36	26462.91	-135.45	-0.51%	7.05%
NASDAQ	8091.5	7806.89	-284.61	-3.52%	13.09%
RUSSELL 2000	1697.83	1634.76	-63.07	-3.71%	6.46%
S&P 500	2926.29	2888.29	-38	-1.30%	8.03%

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe
Stocks Undervalued	50.97%
Stocks Overvalued	49.03%
Stocks Undervalued by 20%	19.68%
Stocks Overvalued by 20%	19.71%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector	Change	MTD	YTD	Valuation	Last 12-MReturn	P/E Ratio
Aerospace	-0.60%	-0.68%	8.72%	14.66% overvalued	12.19%	27.73
Medical	-1.33%	-2.05%	18.54%	13.75% overvalued	27.86%	29.69
Computer and Technology	-1.56%	-1.63%	6.52%	11.44% overvalued	16.69%	30.53
Consumer Staples	-1.21%	-1.36%	-1.78%	7.99% overvalued	8.61%	24.09
Multi-Sector Conglomerates	-1.56%	-2.24%	-3.34%	7.78% overvalued	3.03%	19.26
Utilities	-0.40%	0.00%	-3.39%	5.38% overvalued	-4.91%	20.48
Consumer Discretionary	-1.20%	-1.91%	1.03%	4.57% overvalued	11.86%	25.18
Retail-Wholesale	-0.98%	-3.53%	0.39%	4.47% overvalued	18.62%	22.96
Business Services	-0.95%	-2.61%	9.77%	3.74% overvalued	10.97%	23.36
Transportation	-0.73%	-0.67%	-0.92%	3.17% overvalued	6.00%	20.67
Industrial Products	-0.76%	-0.83%	3.60%	1.72% overvalued	8.11%	24.44
Finance	-0.59%	-0.88%	-0.00%	0.25% overvalued	2.68%	16.63
Auto-Tires-Trucks	-1.60%	-1.95%	-6.37%	3.84% undervalued	-10.77%	12.46
Construction	-1.09%	-1.38%	-0.81%	8.85% undervalued	-0.89%	19.16
Basic Materials	-0.38%	0.10%	0.81%	9.85% undervalued	-5.22%	21.00
Oils-Energy	-1.23%	0.92%	10.81%	11.33% undervalued	13.50%	22.44

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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 (%)
FRPT	FRESHPET INC	33.9	178.83%	127.52%
CHEF	CHEFS WAREHOUSE	34.35	67.70%	75.26%
OLLI	OLLIES BGN OUTL	89.29	46.89%	90.99%
MED	MEDIFAST INC	216.02	27.89%	253.78%
SVU	SUPERVALU INC	32.13	91.57%	48.06%

Top-Five Consumer Staples Stocks--Momentum

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
ABEV	AMBEV-PR ADR	4.58	-11.66%	N/A
MED	MEDIFAST INC	216.02	27.89%	253.78%
NBEV	NEW AGE BEVRGS	8.55	N/A	155.22%
LFVN	LIFEVANTAGE CP	10.76	N/A	135.96%
FRPT	FRESHPET INC	33.9	178.83%	127.52%

Top-Five Consumer Staples Stocks--Composite Score

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
SYY	SYSCO CORP	72.14	11.05%	33.00%
ADM	ARCHER DANIELS	50.46	6.56%	17.27%
HRL	HORMEL FOODS CP	39.59	9.12%	24.65%
EL	ESTEE LAUDER	137.14	18.53%	24.74%
ENR	ENERGIZER HLDGS	57.65	-0.51%	24.33%

Top-Five Consumer Staples Stocks--Most Overvalued

Ticker	Name	Mkt Price	Valuation (%)	Last 12-M Return (%)
FRPT	FRESHPET INC	33.9	178.83%	127.52%
SVU	SUPERVALU INC	32.13	91.57%	48.06%
CHEF	CHEFS WAREHOUSE	34.35	67.70%	75.26%
KDP	KEURIG DR PEPPR	22.39	56.65%	-74.46%
OLLI	OLLIES BGN OUTL	89.29	46.89%	90.99%

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Transocean LTD. (RIG), formerly Transocean Inc., is an international provider of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. The company offers deepwater and harsh environment drilling, oil and gas drilling management, and drilling engineering and project management services, as well as explores, develops, and produces oil and gas resources. The company is based in Houston, Texas.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its STRONG BUY recommendation on TRANSOCEAN LTD for 2018-10-04. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that TRANSOCEAN LTD has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Book Market Ratio and Momentum.

You can download a free copy of detailed report on Transocean LTD. (RIG) from the link below.

Read our Complete Rating and Forecast Report HERE.

ValuEngine Forecast
	Target Price*	Expected Return
1-Month	13.89	1.17%
3-Month	14.16	3.11%
6-Month	14.64	6.60%
1-Year	15.65	14.02%
2-Year	15.97	16.33%
3-Year	15.57	13.41%

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation	49.89% overvalued	Valuation Rank(?)	7
1-M Forecast Return	1.17%	1-M Forecast Return Rank	99
12-M Return	33.43%	Momentum Rank(?)	87
Sharpe Ratio	-0.51	Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)	17
5-Y Avg Annual Return	-23.20%	5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank	19
Volatility	45.59%	Volatility Rank(?)	35
Expected EPS Growth	20.24%	EPS Growth Rank(?)	56
Market Cap (billions)	4.97	Size Rank	81
Trailing P/E Ratio	n/a	Trailing P/E Rank(?)	20
Forward P/E Ratio	n/a	Forward P/E Ratio Rank	n/a
PEG Ratio	0.81	PEG Ratio Rank	47
Price/Sales	1.72	Price/Sales Rank(?)	53
Market/Book	0.42	Market/Book Rank(?)	93
Beta	1.45	Beta Rank	18
Alpha	0.05	Alpha Rank	75

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Steve Hach
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