Top 200 List - March 19th 2014

Top 200 List - March 19th 2014

I decided to update my list as I watch some March Madness.  It is never too early to start looking forward to my next tranche (May 6th, 2014) as I approach new tranche.

 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.

If anyone could think of any other stats that might be interesting, then let me know.  I did add this time price to book value.  The data is from FINVIZ.  I would actually prefer price to tangible book, if anyone knows where to get that (I am too lazy to calculate it) then please let me know.

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	P/B	Country
PDLI	1	8.61	1,360	25%	993973%	7.0%	10.6	USA
TTWO	2	21.79	2,436	25%	1283%	0.0%	2.7	USA
AGX	3	29.00	417	19%	1367%	2.7%	2.8	USA
GAME	4	6.59	1,768	14%	757%	0.0%	47.1	China
NTES	5	63.97	8,348	14%	499%	2.1%	2.6	China
CALL	6	23.65	439	12%	2545%	0.0%	-	Israel
QCOR	7	63.39	3,948	12%	1424%	1.7%	10.0	USA
WTW	8	20.41	1,155	13%	536%	2.6%	-	USA
PFMT	9	8.26	409	16%	278%	0.0%	6.0	USA
TNH	10	156.27	2,891	18%	230%	8.3%	12.3	USA
CSCO	11	21.63	115,223	13%	350%	3.2%	2.0	USA
USMO	12	16.85	370	16%	220%	0.0%	1.4	USA
HLF	13	52.72	5,653	14%	251%	2.3%	9.7	Cayman Islands
MYGN	14	35.97	2,763	12%	447%	0.0%	4.0	USA
USNA	15	67.14	968	14%	197%	0.0%	4.0	USA
CTCM	16	9.41	1,465	18%	131%	7.2%	2.1	Russia
EBIX	17	17.77	685	11%	865%	0.4%	1.7	USA
RGR	18	62.98	1,270	14%	151%	3.6%	6.8	USA
CYOU	19	28.87	1,530	26%	117%	0.0%	0.8	China
APOL	20	32.75	3,732	18%	119%	0.0%	3.1	USA
GME	21	37.61	4,442	15%	133%	3.0%	2.1	USA
IQNT	22	14.00	455	14%	147%	10.7%	3.9	USA
AVG	23	20.86	1,129	10%	776%	0.0%	45.4	Netherlands
NUS	24	72.22	4,469	13%	140%	1.6%	5.3	USA
AAPL	25	531.40	479,032	11%	318%	0.0%	3.7	USA
ESI	26	29.73	696	26%	100%	0.0%	3.4	USA
RPXC	27	15.99	868	10%	1376%	0.0%	2.0	USA
UIS	28	31.22	1,602	14%	119%	0.0%	-	USA
BKE	29	45.84	2,202	13%	123%	0.0%	5.9	USA
DLX	30	53.65	2,736	10%	331%	1.9%	5.0	USA
MSFT	31	39.27	329,672	10%	248%	2.6%	3.9	USA
NSR	32	34.75	2,223	11%	168%	0.0%	3.7	USA
LO	33	51.44	18,888	10%	651%	4.3%	-	USA
BAH	34	21.80	3,245	11%	194%	11.2%	11.2	USA
STRA	35	46.40	490	17%	93%	0.0%	12.7	USA
COH	36	50.23	14,141	11%	143%	2.7%	5.8	USA
BWC	37	33.52	3,741	16%	92%	1.1%	3.6	USA
BCOR	38	19.84	825	9%	467%	0.0%	1.7	USA
PRIS	39	2.22	561	11%	129%	0.0%	0.3	Spain
KRFT	40	55.77	33,462	12%	119%	3.7%	6.5	USA
GA	41	11.56	2,870	9%	390%	5.6%	5.1	China
MO	42	36.02	71,752	9%	399%	5.1%	17.7	USA
RAI	43	53.22	28,829	9%	295%	4.8%	5.8	USA
SWHC	44	13.88	791	18%	82%	0.0%	5.6	USA
DNB	45	101.53	3,899	9%	1233%	1.7%	-	USA
LQDT	46	26.53	866	9%	604%	0.0%	2.6	USA
CA	47	32.39	14,508	9%	472%	3.1%	2.5	USA
CNVR	48	24.54	1,676	10%	187%	0.0%	3.3	USA
CHE	49	88.18	1,578	10%	176%	0.9%	3.4	USA
SAIC	50	36.51	1,752	12%	84%	1.5%	5.4	USA
XLS	51	19.93	3,884	14%	77%	1.5%	2.3	USA
ORCL	52	38.55	176,366	9%	481%	0.9%	4.0	USA
EGL	53	44.65	796	12%	86%	0.0%	1.8	USA
NDZ	54	10.27	637	15%	75%	0.0%	1.4	Canada
SUSP	55	32.96	724	15%	74%	0.0%	9.4	USA
NOC	56	122.88	27,673	10%	111%	2.0%	2.6	USA
REGI	57	11.98	437	47%	66%	0.0%	0.7	USA
DHX	58	7.24	391	9%	243%	0.0%	2.3	USA
CRUS	59	19.77	1,292	17%	68%	0.0%	2.0	USA
SNDK	60	78.79	18,343	9%	134%	0.9%	2.5	USA
APEI	61	34.88	621	12%	74%	0.0%	3.1	USA
HPQ	62	31.62	61,185	12%	74%	1.9%	2.1	USA
DGX	63	55.15	8,052	10%	103%	2.2%	2.0	USA
RTN	64	99.39	31,765	9%	153%	1.6%	2.9	USA
GD	65	108.02	38,304	10%	98%	2.1%	2.6	USA
ATVI	66	21.10	15,973	8%	994%	0.9%	2.4	USA
ETM	67	10.59	406	10%	95%	0.0%	1.4	USA
PBI	68	25.46	5,186	9%	147%	2.9%	27.4	USA
MANT	69	29.83	1,108	14%	66%	2.8%	0.9	USA
SYMC	70	20.58	14,447	9%	127%	2.9%	2.5	USA
CPLA	71	62.49	793	9%	150%	0.6%	4.3	USA
WSTC	72	24.04	2,046	10%	103%	3.8%	-	USA
PM	73	79.66	127,297	9%	147%	0.0%	-	USA
BPI	74	14.62	776	11%	73%	0.0%	2.2	USA
BR	75	37.70	4,679	9%	208%	2.2%	5.2	USA
EXPR	76	15.91	1,346	17%	57%	0.0%	2.8	USA
K	77	61.73	22,470	11%	77%	2.9%	6.3	USA
PRSC	78	27.85	393	9%	120%	0.0%	2.8	USA
MED	79	28.87	393	10%	83%	0.0%	3.7	USA
VGR	80	20.70	2,109	8%	255%	7.2%	-	USA
STRZA	81	32.22	3,752	9%	118%	0.0%	39.1	USA
SHOO	82	36.28	2,401	9%	102%	3.7%	3.4	USA
CF	83	254.66	14,541	15%	55%	1.1%	2.9	USA
GPS	84	41.61	18,891	11%	65%	0.0%	6.2	USA
FLR	85	75.39	12,394	10%	89%	0.9%	3.3	USA
NCI	86	18.41	932	10%	83%	0.0%	1.5	USA
GDOT	87	20.37	779	10%	87%	0.0%	1.9	USA
BRLI	88	27.25	759	9%	107%	0.0%	2.7	USA
LXK	89	43.90	2,796	16%	53%	2.7%	2.0	USA
PBH	90	28.72	1,506	8%	261%	0.0%	2.8	USA
IGT	91	15.14	3,865	10%	72%	0.0%	3.5	USA
FRAN	92	20.21	889	9%	92%	0.0%	11.8	USA
TARO	93	121.32	5,423	9%	128%	0.0%	5.0	Israel
VIAB	94	87.85	39,884	8%	220%	0.0%	8.2	USA
HRS	95	74.06	7,947	10%	74%	2.2%	4.6	USA
CRWN	96	3.80	1,367	9%	119%	0.0%	3.4	USA
FCN	97	32.38	1,267	11%	64%	0.0%	1.2	USA
SCSS	98	17.08	945	10%	70%	0.0%	4.1	USA
BBBY	99	68.31	14,503	12%	55%	0.0%	3.5	USA
MDP	100	45.45	2,073	9%	113%	3.6%	2.3	USA
TZOO	101	22.92	345	8%	294%	0.0%	11.0	USA
LH	102	98.25	8,675	9%	89%	0.0%	3.5	USA
NSP	103	29.11	723	10%	69%	2.3%	2.9	USA
STX	104	51.67	17,878	10%	71%	3.1%	7.0	Ireland
ITRN	105	24.47	513	9%	93%	2.0%	5.6	Israel
TWX	106	67.08	62,002	9%	103%	1.8%	2.0	USA
CATO	107	30.37	873	14%	48%	1.5%	2.3	USA
OUTR	108	66.56	1,837	12%	54%	0.0%	3.5	USA
FL	109	46.32	6,874	11%	57%	1.7%	2.8	USA
OMC	110	71.73	18,693	8%	237%	2.2%	5.3	USA
SYNT	111	92.05	3,861	8%	144%	0.0%	6.1	USA
LNN	112	80.08	1,037	12%	53%	0.8%	2.7	USA
DPS	113	52.77	10,633	9%	93%	2.9%	4.6	USA
TDC	114	46.09	7,577	8%	197%	0.0%	4.0	USA
WDC	115	85.87	20,866	11%	57%	0.0%	2.4	USA
SYNA	116	61.02	2,200	8%	116%	2.4%	3.4	USA
SGU	117	5.64	324	16%	44%	5.8%	1.2	USA
WINA	118	77.95	413	7%	293%	6.7%	10.5	USA
CODI	119	17.79	859	11%	51%	8.1%	1.7	USA
JCOM	120	49.09	2,277	7%	522%	0.0%	3.4	USA
IILG	121	26.23	1,524	7%	224%	1.7%	4.4	USA
SAP	122	77.32	92,475	7%	280%	1.4%	4.5	Germany
TRW	123	81.45	9,912	12%	47%	#VALUE!	2.2	USA
BRCD	124	10.04	4,554	9%	80%	0.0%	1.9	USA
PRGS	125	22.55	1,187	8%	138%	0.0%	2.3	USA
CO	126	4.22	308	19%	42%	0.0%	1.4	Hong Kong
PETM	127	66.66	6,865	10%	58%	1.1%	5.8	USA
CSGS	128	27.72	938	9%	78%	2.2%	2.4	USA
DOX	129	46.15	7,469	8%	122%	1.1%	2.2	Channel Islands
OSK	130	57.21	4,962	10%	56%	0.0%	2.4	USA
TUP	131	81.84	4,215	8%	88%	3.1%	16.5	USA
MD	132	62.92	6,360	7%	371%	0.0%	2.7	USA
LMT	133	160.90	52,502	8%	97%	0.0%	10.7	USA
VMI	134	147.10	3,958	12%	43%	0.8%	2.6	USA
PIR	135	19.45	2,037	11%	49%	1.1%	4.1	USA
KFY	136	29.48	1,450	8%	154%	0.0%	2.0	USA
MSI	137	65.70	17,161	8%	91%	1.8%	4.6	USA
EXLS	138	30.09	1,017	8%	117%	0.0%	2.7	USA
MDT	139	59.85	60,449	8%	78%	1.8%	3.1	USA
BTI	140	107.98	101,501	8%	121%	4.3%	9.2	United Kingdom
IBM	141	184.71	199,487	9%	76%	2.0%	8.8	USA
ROST	142	72.66	15,490	9%	69%	1.0%	8.0	USA
ACN	143	83.79	58,483	7%	491%	2.1%	10.8	Ireland
CHRW	144	50.96	7,702	8%	88%	2.7%	8.2	USA
MHFI	145	78.83	21,915	7%	617%	1.4%	16.0	USA
NCR	146	35.55	6,072	9%	60%	0.0%	3.3	USA
LEA	147	82.99	6,880	12%	44%	0.9%	2.2	USA
WHR	148	146.35	11,693	11%	47%	1.7%	2.3	USA
CACI	149	77.49	1,960	9%	73%	0.0%	1.4	USA
ERIC	150	13.03	42,491	10%	54%	3.4%	2.0	Sweden
LLY	151	59.05	63,714	9%	69%	3.3%	3.6	USA
GNC	152	44.50	4,249	9%	67%	1.4%	5.0	USA
JOY	153	55.15	5,662	13%	42%	1.2%	2.1	USA
HSNI	154	60.75	3,285	8%	73%	1.4%	6.2	USA
CSC	155	63.22	9,443	11%	45%	1.0%	2.5	USA
FF	156	21.00	911	10%	47%	3.4%	2.8	USA
MAN	157	77.50	6,262	10%	50%	1.2%	2.1	USA
TJX	158	60.51	43,536	8%	91%	1.0%	10.3	USA
PFE	159	31.71	207,161	8%	86%	3.1%	2.9	USA
ASR	160	113.17	3,395	7%	201%	5.8%	3.6	Mexico
MLHR	161	28.71	1,692	8%	73%	1.8%	4.9	USA
LHCG	162	22.38	386	10%	46%	0.0%	1.3	USA
MCO	163	81.68	17,888	7%	442%	1.2%	62.6	USA
RIOM	164	1.93	343	27%	35%	0.0%	1.5	Canada
CBD	165	41.48	6,835	18%	36%	1.3%	3.0	Brazil
DOV	166	81.91	14,110	9%	62%	1.6%	2.6	USA
NCMI	167	14.83	877	7%	238%	9.0%	-	USA
MBT	168	16.78	16,688	14%	37%	5.7%	4.7	Russia
IPG	169	17.11	7,446	7%	118%	0.0%	3.5	USA
GSK	170	54.71	133,520	8%	81%	4.5%	11.3	United Kingdom
MAT	171	38.20	13,112	9%	60%	3.8%	4.0	USA
EMR	172	63.87	45,226	8%	68%	2.6%	4.2	USA
KLAC	173	68.60	11,539	8%	77%	0.0%	3.2	USA
HON	174	92.89	74,033	8%	76%	1.8%	4.2	USA
IGTE	175	32.02	1,937	8%	66%	#VALUE!	27.4	USA
DTV	176	76.17	40,218	9%	57%	0.0%	-	USA
IPAR	177	35.26	1,087	9%	61%	2.8%	2.5	USA
AVP	178	14.71	6,378	10%	46%	1.6%	5.8	USA
ABBV	179	53.10	85,385	7%	166%	3.1%	18.8	USA
SAFM	180	77.24	1,732	15%	35%	0.9%	2.5	USA
GEOS	181	72.36	941	12%	38%	0.0%	3.0	USA
SEM	182	11.76	1,612	10%	47%	3.3%	2.0	USA
SWK	183	79.54	12,663	8%	62%	2.5%	1.8	USA
PPC	184	19.38	5,028	12%	37%	0.0%	3.4	USA
SPLS	185	11.40	7,435	15%	35%	4.2%	1.2	USA
EMC	186	27.84	58,854	7%	120%	0.0%	2.5	USA
PLT	187	45.43	1,964	9%	55%	0.9%	2.8	USA
MCRS	188	53.40	4,100	7%	407%	0.0%	3.5	USA
CVRR	189	23.50	3,469	16%	33%	0.0%	2.1	USA
KLIC	190	12.40	941	15%	34%	0.0%	1.3	USA
AGCO	191	52.53	5,237	17%	33%	0.8%	1.3	USA
ENR	192	95.38	6,018	10%	43%	2.0%	2.4	USA
EXPD	193	38.80	7,974	8%	64%	1.5%	3.8	USA
ZUMZ	194	25.47	768	11%	39%	0.0%	#N/A	USA
QCOM	195	76.81	132,258	7%	302%	3.3%	3.5	USA
FICO	196	54.54	1,954	7%	216%	0.2%	3.5	USA
DLTR	197	53.66	11,231	8%	61%	0.0%	12.1	USA
ACM	198	32.29	3,151	9%	45%	0.0%	1.5	USA
XIN	199	4.92	362	202%	31%	4.1%	0.4	China
NOK	200	7.54	27,992	7%	221%	0.0%	3.1	Finland

The price to book (in my opinion) is interesting.  Note that some pretty highly rated stocks such as UIS and WTW actually have a "-", meaning they have a book value below 0.  I do not know about other people here, but I have trouble owning a company with a negative book value.  Always double check these figures before you make decisions.

Here is the Cross Reference List.  After a couple of runs where I had a few mis matches, this one looks actually better than the official list!  In my view, CTSH should not be on the list. their stock recently split and I believe the official list cut their market cap in half (whoops - though people can double check, I see two sources at 15b and two at 30b).I think #75 (BR) is the highest, and a "50" would be perfect.

Ticker	Mkt Cap	Date	My Ranking	Price	EY	ROIC
ATVI	14,806.04	19-Mar	66	21.10	8%	994%
MO	71,805.12	19-Mar	42	36.02	9%	399%
APOL	3,706.28	19-Mar	20	32.75	18%	119%
AAPL	474,121.40	19-Mar	25	531.40	11%	318%
AGX	411.43	19-Mar	3	29.00	19%	1367%
BWC	3,689.63	19-Mar	37	33.52	16%	92%
BCOR	826.09	19-Mar	38	19.84	9%	467%
BAH	3,167.16	19-Mar	34	21.80	11%	194%
BR	4,428.28	19-Mar	75	37.70	9%	208%
BKE	2,217.17	19-Mar	29	45.84	13%	123%
CA	14,247.95	19-Mar	47	32.39	9%	472%
CHE	1,549.06	19-Mar	49	88.18	10%	176%
CRUS	1,214.34	19-Mar	59	19.77	17%	68%
CSCO	112,281.30	19-Mar	11	21.63	13%	350%
COH	13,946.99	19-Mar	36	50.23	11%	143%
CTSH	15,025.43	19-Mar	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
DLX	2,662.19	19-Mar	30	53.65	10%	331%
DHX	393.36	19-Mar	58	7.24	9%	243%
DNB	3,848.80	19-Mar	45	101.53	9%	1233%
EBIX	670.79	19-Mar	17	17.77	11%	865%
EGL	770.37	19-Mar	53	44.65	12%	86%
XLS	3,795.58	19-Mar	51	19.93	14%	77%
GME	4,370.28	19-Mar	21	37.61	15%	133%
HLF	5,329.99	19-Mar	13	52.72	14%	251%
IQNT	451.01	19-Mar	22	14.00	14%	147%
ESI	705.77	19-Mar	26	29.73	26%	100%
KRFT	33,285.93	19-Mar	40	55.77	12%	119%
LQDT	854.27	19-Mar	46	26.53	9%	604%
LO	18,775.60	19-Mar	33	51.44	10%	651%
MSFT	325,941.00	19-Mar	31	39.27	10%	248%
MYGN	2,992.42	19-Mar	14	35.97	12%	447%
NSR	2,240.78	19-Mar	32	34.75	11%	168%
NDZ	635.71	19-Mar	54	10.27	15%	75%
NOC	26,738.56	19-Mar	56	122.88	10%	111%
NUS	4,224.87	19-Mar	24	72.22	13%	140%
PDLI	1,460.77	19-Mar	1	8.61	25%	993973%
PFMT	398.85	19-Mar	9	8.26	16%	278%
QCOR	3,812.08	19-Mar	7	63.39	12%	1424%
RTN	31,307.85	19-Mar	64	99.39	9%	153%
RAI	28,635.18	19-Mar	43	53.22	9%	295%
RPXC	873.55	19-Mar	27	15.99	10%	1376%
SNDK	17,747.61	19-Mar	60	78.79	9%	134%
SAIC	1,788.99	19-Mar	50	36.51	12%	84%
SWHC	762.28	19-Mar	44	13.88	18%	82%
STRA	500.98	19-Mar	35	46.40	17%	93%
RGR	1,218.47	19-Mar	18	62.98	14%	151%
TTWO	2,211.66	19-Mar	2	21.79	25%	1283%
UIS	1,379.58	19-Mar	28	31.22	14%	119%
USNA	930.56	19-Mar	15	67.14	14%	197%
WTW	1,146.58	19-Mar	8	20.41	13%	536%