This week, we provide top-five ranked VE data for our Business Services Sector stocks. We take a look at our latest data on Twitter $TWTR and provide a free download link for our stock report on the company. We have rescinded our latest Valuation Watch.
VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 55.86% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 20.01% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Because overvaluation has declined below 60%, we have rescinded our latest Valuation Watch. Thirteen sectors are calculated to be overvalued.
ValuEngine Index Overview
| Index | Week Open | Friday PM | Change | % Change | YTD |
| DJIA | 24338.11 | 24651.5 | 313.39 | 1.29% | 24.74% |
| NASDAQ | 6847.64 | 6936.58 | 88.94 | 1.30% | 28.86% |
| RUSSELL 2000 | 1522.1 | 1530.83 | 8.73 | 0.57% | 12.80% |
| S&P 500 | 2652.19 | 2675.74 | 23.55 | 0.89% | 19.52% |
ValuEngine Market Overview
| Summary of VE Stock Universe | |
| Stocks Undervalued | 44.14% |
| Stocks Overvalued | 55.86% |
| Stocks Undervalued by 20% | 20.41% |
| Stocks Overvalued by 20% | 20.01% |
ValuEngine Sector Overview
| Sector | Change | MTD | YTD | Valuation | Last 12-MReturn | P/E Ratio |
| Aerospace | -0.39% | -1.63% | 13.04% | 26.36% overvalued | 23.56% | 22.35 |
| Industrial Products | -0.90% | -1.65% | 18.27% | 9.72% overvalued | 20.01% | 24.71 |
| Computer and Technology | -0.58% | -1.60% | 26.91% | 9.48% overvalued | 21.96% | 32.54 |
| Construction | -0.91% | -1.74% | 21.17% | 9.02% overvalued | 18.35% | 23.06 |
| Utilities | -1.71% | -1.85% | 18.49% | 8.41% overvalued | 15.17% | 22.67 |
| Multi-Sector Conglomerates | -0.67% | -1.58% | 12.51% | 7.63% overvalued | 10.74% | 20.55 |
| Transportation | -0.75% | -1.03% | 20.92% | 7.35% overvalued | 18.13% | 23.08 |
| Finance | -0.51% | -0.70% | 13.19% | 5.37% overvalued | 11.78% | 19.16 |
| Consumer Discretionary | -0.33% | -0.67% | 17.83% | 5.12% overvalued | 13.95% | 25.11 |
| Consumer Staples | -0.57% | 0.04% | 10.93% | 5.08% overvalued | 13.00% | 25.57 |
| Business Services | -0.96% | -2.02% | 14.17% | 3.91% overvalued | 10.50% | 26.68 |
| Retail-Wholesale | -1.15% | 2.04% | 6.74% | 2.61% overvalued | 5.52% | 24.86 |
| Auto-Tires-Trucks | -1.84% | -3.58% | 24.13% | 0.55% overvalued | 26.97% | 14.26 |
| Basic Materials | -0.72% | -0.24% | 16.95% | 4.52% undervalued | 10.03% | 24.80 |
| Medical | -1.30% | -0.85% | 20.20% | 6.20% undervalued | 18.08% | 27.74 |
| Oils-Energy | -0.99% | -1.06% | 1.61% | 18.87% undervalued | -9.85% | 27.28 |
Sector Talk–Business Services
Below, we present the latest data on Business Services 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 Business Services Stocks–Short-Term Forecast Returns
| Ticker | Name | Mkt Price | Valuation (%) | Last 12-M Return (%) |
| RRD | DONNELLEY (RR) | 8.83 | N/A | -46.65% |
| KELYA | KELLY SVCS A | 27.32 | 25.07% | 19.88% |
| LAMR | LAMAR ADVER CO | 78.39 | 14.92% | 16.18% |
| KFY | KORN/FERRY INTL | 40.38 | 19.19% | 38.15% |
| AHEXY | ADECCO SA U-ADR | 37.44 | N/A | 15.57% |
Top-Five Business Services Stocks–Momentum
| Ticker | Name | Mkt Price | Valuation (%) | Last 12-M Return (%) |
| GDOT | GREEN DOT CP-A | 59.24 | 34.78% | 137.82% |
| BCO | BRINKS CO THE | 79.15 | 2.77% | 87.78% |
| RCM | R1 RCM INC | 4.27 | 26.14% | 84.85% |
| TRU | TRANSUNION | 55.39 | N/A | 79.84% |
| TNET | TRINET GROUP | 43.13 | 3.80% | 78.59% |
Top-Five Business Services Stocks–Composite Score
| Ticker | Name | Mkt Price | Valuation (%) | Last 12-M Return (%) |
| FDC | FIRST DATA CORP | 16.26 | -37.26% | 14.43% |
| ATTO | ATENTO SA | 9.9 | -2.61% | 40.43% |
| MAN | MANPOWER INC WI | 122.6 | 2.54% | 35.39% |
| ADS | ALLIANCE DATA | 236.29 | -14.79% | 2.74% |
| WU | WESTERN UNION | 19.35 | -8.73% | -10.17% |
Top-Five Business Services Stocks–Most Overvalued
| Ticker | Name | Mkt Price | Valuation (%) | Last 12-M Return (%) |
| HRI | HERC HOLDINGS | 63.3 | 77.66% | 62.64% |
| ROL | ROLLINS INC | 45.7 | 37.73% | 37.69% |
| GDOT | GREEN DOT CP-A | 59.24 | 34.78% | 137.82% |
| ASGN | ON ASSIGNMENT | 62.18 | 32.19% | 41.03% |
| WNS | WNS HLDGS-ADR | 40.16 | 29.80% | 51.09% |
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Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) operates as a global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time. The company offers various products and services, including Twitter that allows users to create, distribute, and discover content; and Periscope, a mobile application that enables user to broadcast and watch video live with others. It also provides promoted products and services, such as promoted tweets, promoted accounts, and promoted trends, which enable its advertisers to promote their brands, products, and services. In addition, the company offers a set of tools, public APIs, and embeddable widgets for developers to contribute their content to its platform, and syndicate and distribute Twitter content across their properties and enhance their Websites and applications with Twitter content. Further, it provides subscription access to its public data feed for data partners. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its SELL recommendation on TWITTER INC for 2017-12-14. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that TWITTER INC has the probability to UNDERPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits UNATTRACTIVE Price Sales Ratio and Sharpe Ratio.
You can download a free copy of detailed report on Twitter (TWTR) from the link below.
Read our Complete Rating and Forecast Report HERE.
| ValuEngine Forecast | ||
| Target Price* | Expected Return | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-Month | 22.45 | -0.55% |
| 3-Month | 21.91 | -2.90% |
| 6-Month | 21.63 | -4.15% |
| 1-Year | 21.09 | -6.56% |
| 2-Year | 18.04 | -20.08% |
| 3-Year | 15.58 | -30.96% |
| Valuation & Rankings | |||
| Valuation | 16.53% undervalued | Valuation Rank(?) | 78 |
| 1-M Forecast Return | -0.55% | 1-M Forecast Return Rank | 16 |
| 12-M Return | 19.23% | Momentum Rank(?) | 66 |
| Sharpe Ratio | -0.35 | Sharpe Ratio Rank(?) | 23 |
| 5-Y Avg Annual Return | -17.58% | 5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank | 22 |
| Volatility | 50.61% | Volatility Rank(?) | 33 |
| Expected EPS Growth | 516.67% | EPS Growth Rank(?) | 97 |
| Market Cap (billions) | 14.32 | Size Rank | 91 |
| Trailing P/E Ratio | n/a | Trailing P/E Rank(?) | 30 |
| Forward P/E Ratio | 270.84 | Forward P/E Ratio Rank | 1 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.18 | PEG Ratio Rank | 21 |
| Price/Sales | 5.90 | Price/Sales Rank(?) | 19 |
| Market/Book | 3.99 | Market/Book Rank(?) | 34 |
| Beta | 1.10 | Beta Rank | 34 |
| Alpha | -0.10 | Alpha Rank | 37 |
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