Top 200 List December 6th 2013 over $300 Million

Top 200 List - December 2013

I have had a relaxing late fall weekend in New England. As my readers know, I like to replicate the official MFI site (Magic Formula Investing) every now and then.  I add a few extra elements such as (1) country, (2) yahoo yield, (3) my calculated stats, (4) ranking and (5) 200 stocks.

I think my approach is pretty darned accurate.  I use Compustat as well and formulas that were devised by a team on the Yahoo Groups board and detailed in my blog (MFI Diary: The Calculation).  I also cross reference my list with the official top 50 and they are almost always within my top 100 (I have more on my list as I do not exclude some stocks the official site excludes, such as some stocks in other countries).

Be aware that this is all formula driven, the dividend yields should definitely be verified as they come from Yahoo Finance which is not always reliable.  The main financials (from Compustat) have seemed very reliable to me.

Ticker	Rank	Stock Price	Market Cap	Earnings Yield	ROIC	Dividend Yield	Country
PDLI	1	8.29	1,282	30%	828081%	7.4%	USA
AGX	2	25.15	361	24%	1399%	3.5%	USA
GAME	3	4.05	1,087	22%	757%	0.0%	China
MYGN	4	25.45	2,082	15%	495%	0.0%	USA
EBIX	5	13.96	537	13%	812%	0.6%	USA
QCOR	6	52.63	3,267	13%	1198%	1.8%	USA
TNH	7	155.25	2,872	19%	271%	9.2%	USA
CSCO	8	21.28	115,550	13%	359%	2.4%	USA
USMO	9	14.19	311	18%	202%	3.5%	USA
CYOU	10	29.83	1,592	29%	149%	0.0%	China
AVG	11	16.50	910	12%	682%	0.0%	Netherlands
WTW	12	33.32	1,883	11%	548%	1.6%	USA
LQDT	13	22.42	733	11%	712%	0.0%	USA
APOL	14	25.06	2,850	26%	127%	0.0%	USA
NTES	15	70.71	9,312	11%	532%	1.4%	China
PFMT	16	10.23	507	12%	212%	0.0%	USA
ESI	17	35.17	831	25%	118%	0.0%	USA
ATVI	18	17.20	19,505	11%	1130%	1.1%	USA
SAIC	19	34.43	1,687	17%	121%	0.8%	USA
BAH	20	17.51	2,600	13%	137%	8.0%	USA
USNA	21	75.82	1,091	12%	192%	0.0%	USA
RPXC	22	16.23	877	10%	1461%	0.0%	USA
RGR	23	71.77	1,432	12%	164%	2.9%	USA
BPI	24	18.13	1,023	16%	113%	0.0%	USA
DHX	25	7.07	421	11%	338%	0.0%	USA
SWHC	26	12.21	801	20%	98%	0.0%	USA
GME	27	45.08	5,324	12%	133%	2.4%	USA
MSFT	28	38.36	323,528	11%	265%	2.6%	USA
LO	29	50.80	18,886	10%	666%	4.4%	USA
STRA	30	35.15	371	23%	85%	0.0%	USA
DLX	31	51.68	2,630	10%	323%	2.0%	USA
GTIV	32	12.90	407	12%	119%	0.0%	USA
VCI	33	28.81	1,114	13%	101%	4.4%	USA
CRUS	34	20.32	1,344	21%	84%	0.0%	USA
IQNT	35	11.54	376	13%	100%	12.0%	USA
CTCM	36	12.63	1,972	12%	115%	5.1%	Russia
CHE	37	78.85	1,460	11%	189%	1.0%	USA
AAPL	38	560.02	509,132	10%	295%	2.1%	USA
LPS	39	34.96	3,006	10%	316%	1.2%	USA
UIS	40	30.00	1,314	12%	101%	0.0%	USA
NOC	41	110.26	25,646	11%	115%	2.2%	USA
COH	42	55.62	15,825	10%	152%	1.8%	USA
RTN	43	86.68	28,024	10%	156%	2.5%	USA
BKE	44	51.24	2,459	11%	106%	1.2%	USA
VGR	45	16.63	1,517	10%	302%	6.9%	USA
ORCL	46	35.48	165,834	9%	473%	1.2%	USA
HLF	47	72.86	7,853	10%	284%	1.6%	Cayman Islands
TARO	48	96.89	4,339	11%	123%	0.0%	Israel
VCLK	49	21.01	1,540	10%	150%	0.0%	USA
NTI	50	24.10	2,215	14%	78%	14.9%	USA
MANT	51	27.94	1,039	15%	75%	2.3%	USA
CACI	52	72.95	1,812	12%	89%	0.0%	USA
CA	53	32.85	14,783	9%	458%	3.1%	USA
MO	54	37.46	74,845	9%	395%	4.9%	USA
NTE	55	7.30	331	74%	66%	8.5%	China
EGL	56	31.70	563	15%	73%	0.0%	USA
SGU	57	5.43	322	17%	70%	6.0%	USA
GA	58	11.33	2,807	9%	375%	3.7%	China
XLS	59	17.36	3,347	15%	71%	2.4%	USA
NDZ	60	8.38	519	20%	65%	0.0%	Canada
KONG	61	7.89	339	9%	421%	0.0%	China
HRB	62	29.01	7,922	9%	266%	2.8%	USA
LDOS	63	41.57	3,544	15%	68%	8.9%	USA
FRAN	64	17.02	749	11%	92%	0.0%	USA
WNR	65	39.03	4,009	21%	64%	5.5%	USA
ETM	66	9.91	378	10%	103%	0.0%	USA
AZN	67	57.12	71,628	10%	116%	5.0%	United Kingdom
PRSC	68	27.34	384	10%	134%	0.0%	USA
RAI	69	51.26	27,919	9%	275%	3.7%	USA
HPQ	70	27.70	53,738	13%	71%	2.0%	USA
FLR	71	77.41	12,761	10%	114%	0.8%	USA
BLC	72	13.71	1,438	10%	108%	2.3%	USA
ALDW	73	15.00	938	22%	59%	18.4%	USA
GD	74	90.79	32,041	11%	81%	2.5%	USA
TZOO	75	20.94	322	9%	379%	0.0%	USA
HRS	76	66.42	7,127	11%	81%	2.4%	USA
SNDK	77	67.97	15,975	10%	103%	0.7%	USA
APEI	78	44.90	803	11%	84%	0.0%	USA
CF	79	233.09	13,403	17%	58%	0.9%	USA
UTHR	80	90.97	4,884	10%	100%	0.0%	USA
SYNA	81	49.26	1,725	10%	92%	0.0%	USA
GDOT	82	22.91	865	10%	101%	0.0%	USA
JOY	83	55.98	6,007	16%	55%	1.3%	USA
EXPR	84	19.57	1,656	14%	58%	0.0%	USA
LNN	85	77.31	1,001	13%	60%	0.6%	USA
DNB	86	119.44	4,646	8%	1264%	1.4%	USA
GPS	87	39.46	18,467	12%	63%	1.6%	USA
VG	88	3.34	725	9%	130%	0.0%	USA
NSR	89	49.32	3,231	8%	176%	0.0%	USA
STRZA	90	28.54	3,440	9%	109%	0.0%	USA
WSTC	91	23.70	2,015	9%	99%	2.9%	USA
TDC	92	41.88	6,969	8%	331%	0.0%	USA
DGX	93	59.99	9,054	9%	110%	2.0%	USA
GCI	94	25.55	5,990	12%	60%	2.4%	USA
SAVE	95	44.17	3,225	9%	151%	0.0%	USA
OSK	96	49.94	4,386	12%	62%	0.3%	USA
TEO	97	18.34	3,585	27%	48%	0.0%	Argentina
HHS	98	7.82	493	11%	70%	4.4%	USA
REV	99	25.00	1,309	9%	120%	0.0%	USA
ITRN	100	20.25	425	10%	80%	3.8%	Israel
DOX	101	40.53	6,620	9%	121%	1.3%	Channel Islands
LLY	102	50.63	54,896	11%	68%	3.9%	USA
HFC	103	46.91	9,359	22%	47%	6.2%	USA
MED	104	26.55	369	10%	73%	0.0%	USA
NSP	105	33.14	824	10%	78%	2.0%	USA
PBI	106	22.24	4,518	10%	83%	4.4%	USA
JCOM	107	46.02	2,130	8%	539%	2.1%	USA
CPLA	108	65.77	828	8%	142%	0.0%	USA
VIAB	109	82.20	39,308	8%	260%	1.4%	USA
LMT	110	138.19	45,257	9%	98%	3.5%	USA
IACI	111	56.26	4,842	8%	140%	1.7%	USA
SCSS	112	20.72	1,155	9%	85%	0.0%	USA
FF	113	15.85	688	15%	47%	4.4%	USA
STX	114	51.42	18,923	10%	70%	3.2%	Ireland
ACN	115	75.53	53,344	8%	487%	2.3%	Ireland
TWX	116	66.57	62,496	9%	111%	1.8%	USA
WDC	117	78.91	19,096	12%	54%	1.3%	USA
PM	118	85.83	138,530	8%	146%	4.1%	USA
CATO	119	32.34	930	13%	48%	7.3%	USA
REGI	120	11.26	383	54%	42%	0.0%	USA
IBM	121	177.67	195,224	9%	83%	2.1%	USA
LH	122	100.00	9,090	9%	91%	0.0%	USA
DPS	123	49.00	10,030	9%	94%	3.1%	USA
BR	124	38.59	4,750	8%	165%	2.0%	USA
SPRD	125	30.62	1,698	8%	110%	1.0%	China
BBBY	126	78.13	16,774	10%	59%	0.0%	USA
CO	127	4.10	299	20%	42%	0.0%	Hong Kong
IGT	128	17.87	4,730	9%	74%	1.9%	USA
CRWN	129	3.40	1,223	8%	121%	0.0%	USA
FL	130	39.21	5,862	13%	45%	2.0%	USA
OMC	131	71.30	18,531	8%	247%	2.1%	USA
SEM	132	8.61	1,178	11%	49%	3.5%	USA
NVDA	133	15.47	9,108	9%	84%	2.0%	USA
SPLS	134	15.96	10,454	13%	44%	3.0%	USA
ENDP	135	65.94	7,930	8%	145%	0.0%	USA
CROX	136	13.13	1,167	14%	41%	0.0%	USA
MD	137	112.06	5,669	7%	276%	0.0%	USA
BRCD	138	8.60	3,958	9%	71%	0.0%	USA
CODI	139	19.15	925	11%	51%	7.6%	USA
MDP	140	51.29	2,330	8%	108%	3.2%	USA
THO	141	56.29	3,000	9%	83%	6.0%	USA
SHOO	142	36.78	2,459	9%	81%	0.0%	USA
KFY	143	24.36	1,189	8%	89%	0.0%	USA
ROST	144	72.14	15,496	9%	71%	0.7%	USA
MHFI	145	74.73	20,835	7%	451%	1.5%	USA
CAH	146	63.93	21,992	9%	82%	1.8%	USA
IPG	147	16.88	7,193	8%	135%	1.8%	USA
ABBV	148	51.35	82,417	7%	237%	3.1%	USA
TRW	149	75.77	9,411	12%	43%	0.0%	USA
MCO	150	73.92	16,410	7%	420%	1.2%	USA
VMI	151	142.96	3,848	12%	40%	0.8%	USA
PBH	152	35.58	1,858	7%	262%	0.0%	USA
EMC	153	24.00	51,960	8%	119%	0.8%	USA
PRIS	154	1.91	482	8%	80%	0.0%	Spain
EXLS	155	26.10	886	8%	94%	0.0%	USA
CBZ	156	8.92	437	10%	57%	0.0%	USA
KLAC	157	62.65	10,571	8%	78%	2.8%	USA
VRA	158	23.20	942	11%	45%	0.0%	USA
IILG	159	28.50	1,653	7%	248%	1.5%	USA
NCI	160	19.07	968	9%	62%	0.0%	USA
CVRR	161	22.69	3,349	19%	36%	14.2%	USA
LEA	162	81.93	6,698	11%	41%	0.6%	USA
MDT	163	58.14	58,687	8%	74%	1.9%	USA
DTV	164	66.44	36,210	9%	58%	0.0%	USA
PLT	165	43.94	1,916	9%	58%	0.9%	USA
CSTM	166	21.00	2,185	13%	38%	0.0%	Netherlands
FORTY	167	22.93	325	12%	40%	1.6%	Israel
SCCO	168	25.01	21,057	12%	40%	2.7%	USA
DLB	169	36.07	3,714	8%	86%	11.3%	USA
NTGR	170	32.00	1,254	11%	40%	0.0%	USA
EVAC	171	10.18	1,154	10%	48%	0.0%	United Kingdom
ARDNA	172	126.20	388	9%	68%	0.8%	USA
CDW	173	22.59	3,768	8%	76%	0.2%	USA
FCN	174	46.00	1,798	9%	59%	0.0%	USA
CR	175	64.79	3,825	9%	56%	1.8%	USA
CSC	176	54.09	8,166	12%	38%	1.5%	USA
LHCG	177	24.03	413	10%	47%	0.0%	USA
NCMI	178	18.57	1,056	7%	336%	4.8%	USA
DVA	179	58.26	12,520	8%	73%	0.0%	USA
SYMC	180	22.78	16,105	8%	119%	2.0%	USA
YONG	181	6.36	322	55%	33%	0.0%	China
HSII	182	17.25	314	9%	58%	3.1%	USA
CSGS	183	28.97	946	8%	72%	1.6%	USA
EC	184	42.55	87,476	13%	37%	7.7%	Colombia
FFIV	185	83.59	6,576	7%	683%	0.0%	USA
LXK	186	35.51	2,273	14%	36%	3.4%	USA
SYNT	187	89.94	3,767	7%	128%	2.6%	USA
ICFI	188	33.67	679	9%	57%	0.0%	USA
MBT	189	20.25	20,139	12%	38%	4.8%	Russia
WINA	190	81.90	431	7%	314%	0.2%	USA
ENR	191	111.51	7,047	9%	54%	1.6%	USA
LLL	192	101.80	9,294	10%	43%	2.2%	USA
SYK	193	74.52	28,444	8%	75%	1.5%	USA
MLHR	194	29.95	1,777	8%	79%	1.7%	USA
BTI	195	104.93	100,838	7%	111%	4.0%	United Kingdom
NTL	196	22.74	2,424	29%	32%	0.0%	Argentina
VIV	197	19.14	14,201	17%	33%	7.7%	Brazil
FWLT	198	31.88	3,143	8%	79%	0.0%	Switzerland
JEC	199	58.48	7,720	9%	49%	0.0%	USA
RECN	200	13.71	546	9%	62%	1.9%	USA

Here is the Cross Reference List.  I note that NATR and PETS are not on my list.  They are both just a bit above the $300 million threshhold.  It is clear I need to re-visit how I create my list of greater than $300m.  Otherwise, looks very good!

Ticker	Mkt Cap	Date	My Ranking
ATVI	11,868.26	6-Dec	18
MO	74,930.75	6-Dec	54
APOL	2,839.30	6-Dec	14
AAPL	503,577.30	6-Dec	38
AGX	357.05	6-Dec	2
BAH	2,524.52	6-Dec	20
BKE	2,476.38	6-Dec	44
CA	14,683.95	6-Dec	53
CACI	1,708.64	6-Dec	52
CHE	1,382.79	6-Dec	37
CRUS	1,290.28	6-Dec	34
CSCO	114,443.80	6-Dec	8
COH	15,597.13	6-Dec	42
DLX	2,608.91	6-Dec	31
DHX	403.71	6-Dec	25
EBIX	530.33	6-Dec	5
EGL	545.91	6-Dec	56
XLS	3,277.57	6-Dec	59
FLR	12,638.11	6-Dec	71
FRAN	719.95	6-Dec	64
GME	5,195.92	6-Dec	27
GTIV	404.92	6-Dec	32
HLF	7,380.72	6-Dec	47
IQNT	371.48	6-Dec	35
ESI	821.92	6-Dec	17
LPS	2,982.09	6-Dec	39
LQDT	713.23	6-Dec	13
LO	18,745.20	6-Dec	29
MANT	1,038.50	6-Dec	51
MSFT	320,152.60	6-Dec	28
MYGN	2,189.59	6-Dec	4
NATR	307.14	6-Dec	#N/A
NOC	24,673.54	6-Dec	41
PDLI	1,405.76	6-Dec	1
PFMT	492.67	6-Dec	16
PETS	314.76	6-Dec	#N/A
PRSC	368.38	6-Dec	68
QCOR	3,198.22	6-Dec	6
RTN	27,691.83	6-Dec	43
RPXC	885.17	6-Dec	22
SWHC	769.24	6-Dec	26
STRA	381.45	6-Dec	30
RGR	1,388.53	6-Dec	23
UIS	1,317.36	6-Dec	40
UTHR	4,564.60	6-Dec	80
USMO	307.24	6-Dec	9
USNA	1,050.87	6-Dec	21
VCI	1,107.20	6-Dec	33
VGR	1,571.27	6-Dec	45
WTW	1,879.12	6-Dec	12