Simmons First National Leads Top Upgrades

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So, for today's bulletin we used our website's advanced screening functions to search for UPGRADES to BUY or STRONG BUY* with complete forecast and valuation data. They are presented by one-month forecast return. Simmons First National Corp (SFNC) is our top-rated upgrade this week.

Ticker

Company Name

Market Price

Valuation

Last 12-M Return

1-M Forecast Return

1-Yr Forecast Return

P/E Ratio

Sector Name

SFNC

SIMMONS FIRST A

47.05

-7.49%

6.23%

0.56%

6.68%

14.26

Finance

NSIT

INSIGHT ENTRPRS

31.6

20.92%

20.29%

0.54%

6.47%

13.62

Retail-Wholesale

JCP

PENNEY (JC) INC

10.55

-50.68%

27.57%

0.53%

6.33%

N/A

Retail-Wholesale

CE

CELANESE CP-A

65.73

-10.45%

2.05%

0.51%

6.10%

10.56

Basic Materials

EZPW

EZCORP INC CL A

9.06

-10.71%

49.50%

0.51%

6.07%

N/A

Finance

*Note: There are no STRONG BUY companies in this list. They are all BUY-rated stocks.

Below is today's data on Simmons First National Corp (SFNC):

SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Act of 1956. Through its subsidiaries, Co. provides a full range of banking and mortgage services to individual and corporate customers.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine updated its recommendation from HOLD to BUY for SIMMONS FIRST A on 2016-08-12. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that SIMMONS FIRST A has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Sharpe Ratio and P/E Ratio.

 

ValuEngine Forecast

 

Target
Price*

Expected
Return

1-Month

47.31 0.56%

3-Month

47.61 1.19%

6-Month

47.83 1.66%

1-Year

50.19 6.68%

2-Year

48.15 2.34%

3-Year

44.07 -6.34%

Valuation & Rankings

Valuation

7.49% undervalued

Valuation Rank(?)

62

1-M Forecast Return

0.56%

1-M Forecast Return Rank

86

12-M Return

6.23%

Momentum Rank(?)

65

Sharpe Ratio

0.53

Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)

83

5-Y Avg Annual Return

12.86%

5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank

83

Volatility

24.23%

Volatility Rank(?)

67

Expected EPS Growth

3.84%

EPS Growth Rank(?)

30

Market Cap (billions)

0.85

Size Rank

63

Trailing P/E Ratio

14.26

Trailing P/E Rank(?)

79

Forward P/E Ratio

13.73

Forward P/E Ratio Rank

64

PEG Ratio

3.71

PEG Ratio Rank

12

Price/Sales

1.97

Price/Sales Rank(?)

46

Market/Book

1.19

Market/Book Rank(?)

71

Beta

1.02

Beta Rank

44

Alpha

-0.02

Alpha Rank

50

ValuEngine Market Overview

Summary of VE Stock Universe

Stocks Undervalued

53.42%

Stocks Overvalued

46.58%

Stocks Undervalued by 20%

22.08%

Stocks Overvalued by 20%

14.99%

ValuEngine Sector Overview

Sector

Change

MTD

YTD

Valuation

Last 12-MReturn

P/E Ratio

Basic Materials

-0.97%

0.24%

52.41%

11.16% overvalued

54.87%

33.23

Multi-Sector Conglomerates

-0.23%

1.35%

8.62%

9.32% overvalued

6.88%

20.61

Consumer Staples

0.30%

0.85%

10.05%

9.27% overvalued

8.52%

24.28

Industrial Products

-0.51%

1.55%

14.99%

6.20% overvalued

3.96%

22.99

Utilities

-0.32%

-1.88%

11.77%

3.64% overvalued

10.23%

22.35

Aerospace

-0.03%

1.26%

-1.42%

2.13% overvalued

-2.86%

19.32

Computer and Technology

0.28%

1.36%

13.82%

0.58% overvalued

3.91%

29.73

Oils-Energy

0.19%

1.42%

15.45%

0.07% overvalued

-12.69%

24.49

Finance

-0.01%

1.23%

6.30%

0.84% undervalued

1.22%

16.28

Consumer Discretionary

-0.18%

0.96%

8.29%

1.37% undervalued

-2.74%

23.63

Construction

-0.30%

-0.12%

29.17%

1.89% undervalued

5.68%

21.14

Business Services

-0.07%

-0.38%

13.59%

6.09% undervalued

-3.53%

24.68

Transportation

-0.36%

-0.27%

10.54%

6.46% undervalued

-19.44%

15.88

Retail-Wholesale

0.12%

1.33%

2.35%

7.77% undervalued

-4.99%

22.27

Medical

-0.21%

-0.73%

0.81%

9.32% undervalued

-17.08%

27.48

Auto-Tires-Trucks

-0.32%

2.33%

4.31%

9.38% undervalued

-2.79%

15.98

VALUATION WATCH: Overvalued stocks now make up 46.58% of our stocks assigned a valuation and 14.99% of those equities are calculated to be overvalued by 20% or more. Eight sectors are calculated to be overvalued.

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