Fave Five (8/26/2016)

Our Fave Five essentially represents a listing of stocks with favorable short term total return forecasts (1 year, according to Analyst Consensus Estimates, or ACE) combined with strong long-term return forecasts and good/excellent quality rankings.

Among the stocks covered by Goldman Sachs, the average stock has a one year total return of approximately 10%. We centered our attention this week on the top two percent (return forecast & quality) of our coverage combined with the near term expectations of Goldman. The Muppets are fairly well in consensus with Morningstar and S&P for this batch.

The Fave Five This Week

• Apple (AAPL)
• CVS Health (CVS)
• Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
• Starbucks (SBUX)
• Stericycle (SRCL)

Context: The average 1-year total return forecast (via Goldman Sachs) for the Value Line 1700 is 9.2%. The average 5-year return forecast for $VLE is 5.7% (annualized).

The Long and Short of This Week’s Fave Five

The Long & Short. (August 26, 2016) Projected Annual Return (PAR): Long term return forecast based on fundamental analysis and five year time horizon. Quality Ranking: Percentile ranking of composite that includes financial strength, earnings stability and relative growth & profitability. VL Low Total Return (VLLTR): Low total return forecast based on 3-5 year price targets via Value Line Investment Survey. Morningstar P/FV: Ratio of current price to fundamentally-based fair value via www.morningstar.com S&P P/FV: Current price-to-fair value ratio via Standard & Poor’s. 1-Year ACE Outlook: Total return forecast based on analyst consensus estimates for 1-year target price combined with current yield. The data is ranked (descending order) based on this criterion. 1-Year S&P Outlook: 1-year total return forecast based on S&P 1-year price target. 1-Yr GS: 1-year total return forecast based on most recent price target issued by Goldman Sachs.

Weekend Warriors

The return for the Weekend Warrior tracking portfolio is 12.1% since inception. 48.2% of selections have outperformed the Wilshire 5000 since original selection.

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