Saturday, August 01, 2009

Are MFI Stocks Over Valued?

Some very smart people are saying we are in the midst of a bear market rally. They point to statistics regarding price to trailing earnings and forward earnings for the entire S&P 500. They seem to make a pretty good point. How about our little universe of stocks? They don't "feel" expensive. Of course as advertised we're supposed to be getting "good stocks cheap".

How can we even begin to measure the change in valuation of our top 30 stocks? Hmmm. I guess the first step would be to try and measure the average Earnings yield and return on capital of today's stocks and compare that with the past. I have some spare time and am watching the DVD of Bruce Springsteen - Live in Barcelona, which is incredible.

Ok, I finished the 1st part before the fabulous disc one finished. Here are the top 30 current stocks, ranked in my estimated order along with their mean and median EY and ROC:

Stock EY ROIC EY Rank ROIC Rank
ptie 34% 825% 4 4
khd 318% 311% 1 10
vsnt 25% 1287% 10 3
scmp 20% 1512% 13 2
prgx 27% 303% 7 11
qcor 17% 7841% 20 1
mtxx 187% 150% 2 20
eme 25% 225% 9 15
solr 17% 761% 21 5
usmo 29% 135% 6 23
ghm 26% 136% 8 22
gni 15% 497% 24 7
divx 15% 323% 23 9
iphs 55% 81% 3 29
ctcm 15% 366% 25 8
ppd 18% 198% 18 16
hckt 16% 244% 22 13
fwlt 20% 146% 14 21
egy 34% 74% 5 30
lo 13% 700% 30 6
int 18% 171% 19 18
tra 23% 100% 11 26
br 15% 277% 26 12
fix 22% 95% 12 27
exbd 18% 109% 17 24
cski 19% 100% 16 25
gigm 14% 237% 29 14
cbi 20% 89% 15 28
dlx 15% 187% 27 17
jtx 14% 169% 28 19
Average 37% 588%

Median 20% 212%


Now, how do I get a look back in time? Hmm, I thought I could use Kdad's data, but that isn't going to work as I don't think we can get an apples to apples comparison. Ok, I bit the bullet and tried calculating everything back at May 15th. here is what I got:

Stock EY ROIC Ey Rank ROIC Rank
qlti 177% 988% 2 5
ptie 50% 825% 5 6
khd 176% 311% 3 11
vsnt 31% 1581% 11 3
divx 32% 323% 9 10
scmp 27% 1512% 15 4
msb 27% 2890% 17 2
prgx 35% 303% 8 12
qcor 25% 7841% 19 1
cray 178% 103% 1 26
deck 37% 114% 6 23
usmo 37% 135% 7 22
ghm 28% 207% 13 16
hckt 27% 244% 16 13
iphs 64% 81% 4 28
tra 29% 156% 12 20
solr 20% 761% 26 7
ctcm 20% 366% 25 9
eme 27% 144% 14 21
kfy 25% 219% 20 15
ntri 23% 237% 21 14
airv 18% 514% 28 8
fix 32% 95% 10 27
ppd 21% 192% 22 18
ahci 26% 112% 18 24
int 21% 171% 24 19
tsra 19% 194% 27 17
exbd 21% 109% 23 25
Average 45% 740%

Median 27% 228%


I think the averages can be a bit deceptive, but the Medians are interesting 20%/27% and 212%/228%. I would suggest a 20% earning yield is very excellent, but the 27% back in May was an eye-popping, screaming buy. I also thought it'd be interesting to show how the 29 stocks have done since mid May and whether there was any correlation of their ranking.

Stock 15-May 31-Jul Change
qlti 2.14 3.45 61%
ptie 4.27 4.4 3%
khd 8.05 9.52 18%
vsnt 15 14.99 0%
divx 4.71 5.83 24%
scmp 5.62 6.61 18%
msb 10.15 10.87 7%
prgx 2.88 3.8 32%
qcor 4.37 5.87 34%
cray 3.61 8.12 125%
deck 48.85 67.61 38%
usmo 11.28 13.5 20%
ghm 14.23 13.68 -4%
hckt 2.07 3.04 47%
iphs 14.87 18.79 26%
tra 28.26 29.16 3%
solr 5.37 6.2 15%
ctcm 9.35 12.36 32%
eme 21.11 24.12 14%
kfy 11.12 13.91 25%
ntri 14.56 14.23 -2%
airv 4.97 6.21 25%
fix 8.91 11.78 32%
ppd 40.16 48.77 21%
ahci 1.82 2.49 37%
int 39.59 43.86 11%
tsra 15.48 28.09 81%
exbd 16.18 18.78 16%

I don't see much correlation.

More later!

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