IBM Remains Number One On The Dow

Since we last presented the top Dow picks on November 17th, we see little turnover for our DOW top-ten list. IBM retains its top spot for the second-consecutive month. We only have three new stocks: Goldman Sachs, American Express, and Traveler's. Our newcomers replaced Johnson and Johnson, Intel, and Caterpillar.

Within our top-ten list, JPMorgan Chase and Verizon managed to move up a few spots. Cisco Systems, United Health, Wal-Mart, and Merck all declined a few positions.

Within the remaining eight unchanged components, Cisco, United Health, and JPMorgan Chase climbed up along with IBM. Johnson and Johnson, Intel, and Merck declined along with Verizon.

Also, be advised that once again we have no STRONG BUY-rated stocks in the DOW right now. Traveler's and Merck are currently rated as HOLDs by our models. The top-eight other DOW companies are BUY-rated stocks.

Ticker

Company Name

Market Price

Valuation

Last 12-M Retrn

1-M Forecast Retn

1-Yr Forecast Retn

P/E Ratio

Sector Name

Nov. 17th, 2016

IBM

INTL BUS MACH

168.51

11.83%

23.97%

0.81%

9.68%

12.50384

Computer and Technology

IBM

GS

GOLDMAN SACHS

239.93

35.44%

36.01%

0.74%

8.85%

15.18544

Finance

WMT

JPM

JPMORGAN CHASE

84.73

31.96%

31.83%

0.73%

8.79%

14.41804

Finance

CSCO

CSCO

CISCO SYSTEMS

30.46

5.01%

14.99%

0.58%

6.97%

14.16744

Computer and Technology

UNH

VZ

VERIZON COMM

51.63

5.43%

13.60%

0.58%

6.95%

13.21587

Utilities

JPM

AXP

AMER EXPRESS CO

74.07

-4.04%

7.61%

0.52%

6.21%

12.63993

Finance

VZ

UNH

UNITEDHEALTH GP

159.86

17.42%

37.99%

0.52%

6.20%

20.52996

Medical

JNJ

WMT

WAL-MART STORES

71.34

13.42%

18.13%

0.48%

5.77%

16.00748

Retail-Wholesale

INTC

TRV

TRAVELERS COS

120.37

19.35%

8.41%

0.42%

5.02%

12.35409

Finance

MRK

MRK

MERCK & CO INC

61.8

20.96%

18.39%

0.42%

4.98%

16.29174

Medical

CAT

NOTE: New stocks are in BOLD

Below is today's data on American Express (AXP):

American Express Company is primarily engaged in the business of providing travel related services, financial advisory services, and international banking services throughout the world. American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. provides a variety of products and services, including, global network services, the American Express Card, the Optima Card and other consumer and corporate lending products, stored value products, and several others.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine continues its BUY recommendation on American Express for 2016-12-14. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that American Express has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Company Size and P/E Ratio.

 

ValuEngine Forecast

 

Target
Price*

Expected
Return

1-Month

74.45 0.52%

3-Month

74.52 0.61%

6-Month

74.29 0.29%

1-Year

78.67 6.21%

2-Year

75.34 1.71%

3-Year

67.69 -8.61%

Valuation & Rankings

Valuation

4.04% undervalued

Valuation Rank(?)

71

1-M Forecast Return

0.52%

1-M Forecast Return Rank

85

12-M Return

7.61%

Momentum Rank(?)

47

Sharpe Ratio

0.39

Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)

74

5-Y Avg Annual Return

8.10%

5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank

69

Volatility

20.70%

Volatility Rank(?)

70

Expected EPS Growth

-6.71%

EPS Growth Rank(?)

15

Market Cap (billions)

75.77

Size Rank

99

Trailing P/E Ratio

12.64

Trailing P/E Rank(?)

86

Forward P/E Ratio

13.55

Forward P/E Ratio Rank

68

PEG Ratio

n/a

PEG Ratio Rank

n/a

Price/Sales

2.22

Price/Sales Rank(?)

44

Market/Book

3.61

Market/Book Rank(?)

34

Beta

1.25

Beta Rank

29

Alpha

-0.06

Alpha Rank

35

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe

Stocks Undervalued

34.22%

Stocks Overvalued

65.78%

Stocks Undervalued by 20%

15.5%

Stocks Overvalued by 20%

33.93%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector

Change

MTD

YTD

Valuation

Last 12-MReturn

P/E Ratio

Industrial Products

-1.03%

2.07%

26.91%

21.46% overvalued

24.51%

24.31

Multi-Sector Conglomerates

-0.10%

2.85%

13.72%

21.38% overvalued

14.60%

19.24

Oils-Energy

-1.93%

2.84%

30.60%

18.82% overvalued

29.54%

25.85

Finance

-0.84%

2.34%

16.90%

16.26% overvalued

14.64%

18.06

Aerospace

-0.81%

-1.04%

11.89%

15.61% overvalued

14.68%

19.59

Basic Materials

-1.42%

1.29%

55.23%

15.09% overvalued

67.94%

26.73

Construction

-1.13%

1.85%

36.45%

14.64% overvalued

25.58%

20.39

Transportation

-1.36%

1.61%

18.31%

13.76% overvalued

8.97%

18.45

Computer and Technology

-0.92%

1.11%

21.44%

12.24% overvalued

11.73%

29.69

Business Services

-1.19%

1.62%

25.58%

12.03% overvalued

6.97%

23.85

Retail-Wholesale

-1.18%

1.43%

4.57%

10.28% overvalued

8.14%

23.80

Utilities

-1.16%

1.65%

14.77%

8.75% overvalued

21.03%

21.79

Auto-Tires-Trucks

-1.69%

1.85%

12.64%

8.35% overvalued

23.38%

14.77

Consumer Discretionary

-0.51%

2.22%

12.54%

8.05% overvalued

16.98%

24.13

Consumer Staples

-1.10%

1.68%

9.48%

5.62% overvalued

8.94%

23.92

Medical

-1.13%

-0.56%

-2.04%

4.36% undervalued

-7.61%

27.78

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