Buy & Strong Buy Upgrades - June 7, 2016

Upgrades to "buy" or "strong buy" with complete forecast and valuation data are presented by one-month forecast return. Vera Bradley (VRA​) is the leader here.

Ticker

Company Name

Market Price

Valuation

Last 12-M Return

1-M Forecast Return

1-Yr Forecast Return

P/E Ratio

Sector Name

VRA

VERA BRADLEY

14.88

-15.05%

32.50%

1.18%

14.19%

16.78

Retail-Wholesale

BSMX

GRUPO FIN SANTR

9.08

-2.91%

1.91%

0.66%

7.94%

13.83

Finance

PRGX

PRGX GLOBAL INC

5.47

-16.78%

21.56%

0.53%

6.34%

34.19

Business Services

INTC

INTEL CORP

31.68

-0.03%

-0.50%

0.53%

6.30%

12.90

Computer and Technology

RWT

REDWOOD TRUST

14.49

-22.33%

-8.87%

0.52%

6.25%

10.60

Finance

Below is today's data on Vera Bradley (VRA):

Vera Bradley Designs, Inc. is a designer, producer, marketer and retailer of accessories for women. Its products include handbags, accessories and travel and leisure items. It sells its products through two reportable segments Indirect and Direct. Its indirect business consists of sale of Vera Bradley products to independent retailers in the U.S. as well as select national retailers and third party e-commerce sites. Its direct business consists of sales of Vera Bradley products through its full-price stores, its outlet stores, verabradley.com, and its annual outlet sale in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Vera Bradley Designs, Inc. is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Recommendation: We updated the recommendation from BUY to STRONG BUY for VERA BRADLEY on 2016-06-06. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that VERA BRADLEY has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Momentum and P/E Ratio.

 

ValuEngine Forecast

 

Target
Price*

Expected
Return

1-Month

15.06 1.18%

3-Month

15.04 1.07%

6-Month

14.87 -0.08%

1-Year

16.99 14.19%

2-Year

13.00 -12.66%

3-Year

9.84 -33.85%

 

Valuation & Rankings

Valuation

15.05% undervalued

Valuation Rank

73

1-M Forecast Return

1.18%

1-M Forecast Return Rank

100

12-M Return

32.50%

Momentum Rank

91

Sharpe Ratio

-0.56

Sharpe Ratio Rank

21

5-Y Avg Annual Return

-23.43%

5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank

26

Volatility

41.52%

Volatility Rank

44

Expected EPS Growth

4.89%

EPS Growth Rank

32

Market Cap (billions)

0.61

Size Rank

60

Trailing P/E Ratio

16.78

Trailing P/E Rank

70

Forward P/E Ratio

16.00

Forward P/E Ratio Rank

49

PEG Ratio

3.43

PEG Ratio Rank

12

Price/Sales

1.19

Price/Sales Rank

60

Market/Book

2.15

Market/Book Rank

48

Beta

1.14

Beta Rank

37

Alpha

0.13

Alpha Rank

82

Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe

Stocks Undervalued

52.33%

Stocks Overvalued

47.67%

Stocks Undervalued by 20%

21.97%

Stocks Overvalued by 20%

15.98%

Sector Overview

Sector

Change

MTD

YTD

Valuation

Last 12-MReturn

P/E Ratio

Basic Materials

1.95%

5.02%

34.74%

11.03% overvalued

16.97%

29.01

Oils-Energy

2.47%

3.88%

15.86%

7.20% overvalued

-31.07%

24.08

Consumer Staples

0.47%

1.61%

6.52%

6.72% overvalued

4.38%

23.77

Utilities

0.54%

1.24%

7.34%

6.31% overvalued

3.06%

23.32

Multi-Sector Conglomerates

0.61%

1.28%

6.01%

5.44% overvalued

-8.96%

18.20

Industrial Products

1.34%

1.99%

7.90%

4.66% overvalued

-8.18%

21.97

Aerospace

0.57%

0.36%

-1.60%

1.58% overvalued

-2.54%

19.03

Computer and Technology

0.57%

1.12%

8.20%

0.54% overvalued

-9.49%

28.21

Business Services

0.78%

1.28%

12.80%

0.70% undervalued

-9.05%

23.16

Consumer Discretionary

0.37%

0.99%

3.31%

1.23% undervalued

-10.69%

23.55

Finance

0.54%

0.66%

2.99%

1.25% undervalued

-3.90%

16.04

Construction

0.51%

0.08%

20.75%

2.62% undervalued

-3.92%

20.09

Medical

0.98%

2.06%

-3.51%

3.63% undervalued

-20.19%

27.29

Transportation

1.42%

1.79%

3.60%

6.21% undervalued

-26.89%

13.87

Auto-Tires-Trucks

0.55%

-0.21%

-0.52%

8.14% undervalued

-15.48%

12.01

Retail-Wholesale

0.46%

0.82%

-2.82%

10.93% undervalued

-12.42%

22.27

Valuation Watch: Overvalued stocks now make up 47.67% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 15.981% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Eight sectors are calculated to be overvalued.

Disclosure: None.

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