STOCK IDEAS | Updated: 26-Sep-12
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Value Leaders Rankings For September 26, 2012

  • Additions: BZ, CMCSA, CSGS, MGLN, NTSP, PHH, STX
  • Deletions: CLGX, EXPE, GME, HUN, SYMC, TRW

The following table contains a list of stocks that we believe should be particularly attractive to value and yield investors who want to avoid "value traps." Value Leaders components are derived from a quantitative screen and ranking system that is designed to uncover companies that possess a combination of low valuations across a variety of metrics, healthy 6-month Relative Strength, and shareholder-friendly managements that pay dividends and/or have active share buybacks in place. There are no growth or market cap criteria applied to this list.

Value Leaders: September 26, 2012
          Mkt Cap RS Value EV/ EV/ FCF Buyback Div Cash/
Rank Name Ticker Price Sector (mln) Rank Rank EBITDA Sales Yield Yield Yield Share
1 Tesoro TSO $41.05 Energy Minerals $5,739 99 98 5.1 0.2 13.9% 1.3% 1.2% $9.41
2 Marathon Petroleum MPC $53.65 Energy Minerals $18,150 93 99 3.9 0.3 6.8% 4.5% 2.6% $5.56
3 Valero Energy VLO $31.47 Energy Minerals $17,359 93 98 3.8 0.2 4.3% 2.3% 2.2% $2.33
4 Ann ANN $37.64 Retail Trade $1,781 96 95 6.6 0.7 7.6% 7.1% 0.0% $2.76
5 Brown Shoe BWS $15.51 Cons. Non-Durables $665 96 95 6.6 0.4 8.0% 1.1% 1.8% $1.16
6 Gannett GCI $18.15 Consumer Services $4,200 95 94 6.0 1.1 9.2% 2.5% 4.4% $0.85
7 AOL AOL $33.66 Technology Services $3,163 90 98 5.6 0.8 17.0% 10.2% 0.0% $15.38
8 Western Refining WNR $26.69 Energy Minerals $2,427 91 97 3.0 0.3 22.8% -1.2% 1.2% $3.13
9 United Online UNTD $5.49 Technology Services $498 92 95 4.3 0.7 5.9% -2.3% 7.3% $1.23
10 SkyWest SKYW $10.26 Transportation $528 93 94 4.7 0.4 3.4% 2.4% 1.6% $12.15
11 CSG Systems CSGS $21.85 Technology Services $736 94 92 4.7 1.1 14.6% 1.9% 0.0% $6.07
12 Alon USA Energy ALJ $13.71 Energy Minerals $775 98 88 5.8 0.2 7.6% -1.5% 1.2% $0.86
13 Jones Group JNY $12.82 Cons. Non-Durables $1,029 87 98 7.1 0.4 14.1% 5.5% 1.6% $3.65
14 Cooper Tire CTB $20.09 Consumer Durables $1,253 88 97 4.0 0.4 9.7% -0.3% 2.1% $3.82
15 Valassis Comms VCI $25.54 Commercial Services $1,016 86 98 5.4 0.7 10.2% 11.8% 0.0% $1.76
16 Foster Wheeler AG FWLT $23.35 Industrial Services $2,519 88 95 7.0 0.5 5.2% 10.2% 0.0% $7.11
17 Cablevision CVC $15.90 Consumer Services $3,375 85 97 1.5 0.5 4.1% 2.8% 3.8% N/A
18 Acxiom ACXM $18.65 Commercial Services $1,399 93 88 6.3 1.3 10.2% 2.2% 0.0% $2.30
19 Children's Place PLCE $59.18 Retail Trade $1,426 89 91 7.7 0.7 7.2% 4.8% 0.0% $6.54
20 Gap GPS $35.46 Retail Trade $17,054 91 89 7.7 1.1 5.8% 8.1% 1.4% $4.33
21 Deluxe DLX $31.32 Commercial Services $1,583 93 87 6.0 1.5 6.6% 0.6% 3.2% $1.71
22 Grifols S.A. ADS GRFS $22.31 Health Technology $2,532 89 89 6.5 1.8 5.9% 19.5% 0.0% $0.97
23 AECOM Technology ACM $20.87 Industrial Services $2,360 81 96 7.1 0.4 12.6% 3.3% 0.0% $3.59
24 News Cl B NWS $24.69 Consumer Services $19,715 85 92 4.0 0.8 8.5% 0.4% 0.7% $3.84
25 PDL BioPharma PDLI $7.71 Health Technology $1,079 85 92 3.4 3.3 10.3% 0.0% 7.8% $1.61
26 Seagate Technology STX $31.55 Electronic Technology $12,370 77 99 3.3 0.9 17.3% 0.2% 4.1% $5.01
27 Boise BZ $8.77 Process Industries $881 90 86 4.8 0.6 3.2% 1.8% 0.0% $0.59
28 Jarden JAH $52.41 Consumer Durables $4,185 91 85 9.0 1.0 4.6% 13.2% 0.0% $7.67
29 Convergys CVG $16.10 Technology Services $1,810 79 96 4.3 0.5 4.9% 4.0% 1.2% $6.56
30 Select Medical SEM $11.09 Health Services $1,551 84 91 7.4 1.0 6.9% 8.0% 0.0% $0.16
31 HCA Holdings HCA $31.84 Health Services $14,030 87 88 6.6 1.2 4.4% 7.8% 0.0% $1.13
32 ViroPharma VPHM $30.71 Health Technology $2,110 97 78 8.7 3.5 9.8% 6.9% 0.0% $6.80
33 CF Industries CF $214.14 Process Industries $13,426 80 94 3.8 2.2 12.7% 7.3% 0.7% $21.21
34 United Therapeutics UTHR $57.50 Health Technology $2,974 88 86 5.6 2.9 7.2% 8.0% 0.0% $13.00
35 Chico's FAS CHS $18.07 Retail Trade $3,000 86 87 7.2 1.1 6.4% 3.2% 1.2% $2.17
36 Williams-Sonoma WSM $43.33 Retail Trade $4,265 87 86 7.6 1.0 4.1% 4.9% 2.0% $3.50
37 Belo (Series A) BLC $7.91 Consumer Services $745 89 83 6.8 2.3 7.6% -0.1% 4.0% $1.21
38 New York Times NYT $9.60 Consumer Services $1,416 96 76 4.5 0.7 3.9% -0.6% 0.0% $4.02
39 Thor Industries THO $34.24 Consumer Durables $1,811 79 92 9.5 0.6 8.9% 3.8% 2.1% N/A
40 Oshkosh OSK $27.56 Producer Manufacturing $2,526 93 78 6.3 0.4 3.7% -0.3% 0.0% $4.25
41 Dillard's DDS $74.23 Retail Trade $3,203 73 97 6.7 0.6 9.2% 9.8% 0.3% $3.37
42 Coeur d'Alene Mines CDE $27.44 Non-Energy Minerals $2,467 98 72 5.1 2.5 9.8% -0.3% 0.0% $2.24
43 Agrium AGU $101.77 Process Industries $16,084 82 87 5.9 1.0 8.2% 0.0% 1.0% $12.32
44 NetSpend NTSP $9.60 Finance $717 85 84 8.5 2.1 8.8% 9.9% 0.0% $0.36
45 Harris HRS $51.04 Electronic Technology $5,749 89 80 6.3 1.4 6.4% -1.6% 2.9% $3.10
46 Comcast CMCSA $35.86 Consumer Services $75,828 83 85 5.5 2.1 6.7% 2.1% 1.8% $1.59
47 PHH PHH $20.40 Finance $1,156 92 76 4.6 2.1 23.1% -0.8% 0.0% $55.86
48 Magellan Health MGLN $50.16 Health Services $1,372 67 100 3.7 0.3 15.3% 10.4% 0.0% $20.11
49 Meredith MDP $35.49 Consumer Services $1,269 80 87 6.3 1.2 5.1% 0.0% 4.3% $0.57
50 Westlake Chemical WLK $72.67 Process Industries $4,840 91 76 7.2 1.2 6.5% -0.6% 1.0% $16.66

 

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