Screen for equities meeting the following criteria:
- Market caps above $50 million
- Price/Free Cash Flow below 15
- Price/Sales below 2
- Positive sales growth in the past 5 years, and quarter over quarter
- Positive EPS growth in the past 5 years, and quarter over quarter
- Encouraging DuPont breakdown: Most recent quarter’s (Net Profit margin)*(Asset turnover)*(Leverage ratio)
The resulting 15 stocks.
- Assisted Living Concepts (ALC): Operates senior living residences in the United States. Market cap at $334.09M.
- Ascena Retail Group (ASNA): Operates as a specialty retailer of apparel for women and tween girls. Market cap at $2.91B.
- Belden, (BDC): Designs, manufactures, and markets cable, connectivity, and networking products. Market cap at $1.45B.
- CF Industries (CF): Manufactures and distributes nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products. Market cap at $10.93B.
- Comcast (CMCSA): Provides entertainment, information, and communications. Market cap at $77.78B.
- CNO Financial (CNO): Development and marketing of health insurance, annuity, life insurance. Market cap at $1.61B.
- Coventry Health Care (CVH): Operates as a managed healthcare company in the United States. Market cap at $4.38B.
- Life Technologies (LIFE): Operates as a life sciences company. Market cap at $7.47B.
- Parker Hannifin (PH): Manufactures fluid power systems, electromechanical controls, and related components. Market cap at $12.74B.
- RTI Biologics. (RTIX): Produce orthopedic and other surgical implants. Market cap at $199.87M.
- Standex International. (SXI): Operates as a diversified manufacturing company. Market cap at $517.8M.
- Symetra Financial (SYA): Operates as a financial services company in the life insurance industry. Market cap at $1.32B.
- Tetra Tech . (TTEK): Provides technical services for resource management. Market cap at $1.6B.
- Universal Health Services. (UHS): Operates acute care hospitals. Market cap at $3.78B.
- Verint Systems. (VRNT): Provides actionable intelligence solutions. Market cap at $1.15B.