MFI Top 200 List - March 8th, 2015

Top 200 List

I last created a top 200 list on 2/20. It does take some time,  As I mentioned a couple months ago,  I am expanding the data I bring in... it will take time to build a database, but ten years from now I might be able to tell you something new!

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 have now started using price to tangible book.  The data is from GuruFocus.  I have brought in a ton of other data from Gurufocus as well.

I did have to make some changes this time.  Historically, I have always pulled in my list of all stocks from Finwiz.  However, they have now locked the ability to export under "premium" membership.  So I tried using Gurufocus this time.  In total, it is probably a better approach.  However, some stocks didn't even show up to be calculated (like ADMS, AVID, NHTC) so I had to manually add those to the list to be included. I want to stay away from manual intervention as much as possible, so I will need to figure out why Gurufocus did not have them.  One thing lost from Finwiz was country. So that is no longer in my table.

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, I have tried using Gurufocus for dividend yields - I found it was also unreliable..  The main financials (from Compustat) have seemed very reliable to me.

Ticker	Rank	Stock Price	Market Cap	Earnings Yield	ROIC	Dividend Yield
ACHI	1	5.99	593	40%	1463%	0.00%
ADMS	2	16.86	283	24%	8262%	0.00%
PDLI	3	6.70	1,138	35%	843%	8.45%
PERI	4	3.55	247	31%	570%	0.00%
CALL	5	7.80	139	22%	639%	0.00%
AGX	6	31.63	468	18%	990%	2.16%
MTEX	7	18.60	51	38%	311%	#VALUE!
GAME	8	5.78	1,572	16%	1001%	0.00%
KING	9	14.46	4,659	20%	380%	9.43%
KZ	10	4.96	231	28%	263%	17.22%
CTCM	11	4.17	651	45%	167%	15.70%
NHTC	12	15.65	200	12%	4374%	0.50%
NHTC	13	15.65	200	12%	4374%	0.20%
HLF	14	32.69	2,795	19%	212%	0.00%
LFVN	15	0.80	81	20%	187%	0.00%
JOE	16	16.47	1,520	31%	159%	0.00%
VEC	17	31.35	335	13%	393%	0.00%
IDCC	18	52.07	1,972	11%	1370%	1.31%
RPXC	19	14.23	783	11%	1525%	0.00%
PSDV	20	4.47	131	11%	3938%	0.00%
ANTM	21	145.16	40,775	12%	260%	1.33%
HRB	22	32.12	8,839	12%	342%	2.50%
ASPS	23	18.54	438	24%	112%	0.00%
NSR	24	22.08	1,265	16%	144%	0.00%
IQNT	25	15.59	527	15%	140%	3.88%
ENTA	26	34.97	674	17%	118%	0.00%
TNH	27	144.27	2,669	14%	143%	7.07%
CRT	28	21.65	130	12%	167%	11.25%
TZOO	29	9.77	144	13%	149%	0.00%
NTIP	30	2.29	57	10%	476%	0.00%
PNLYY	31	4.54	1,998	20%	97%	0.00%
SJT	32	13.51	630	10%	1453%	8.93%
LQDT	33	9.69	290	15%	110%	0.00%
GME	34	40.16	4,534	13%	127%	3.30%
MNDO	35	3.90	74	10%	930%	6.14%
CBI	36	45.26	4,954	13%	117%	0.61%
SGU	37	7.41	425	17%	93%	4.69%
SFUN	38	6.14	2,799	12%	142%	3.25%
NEWT	39	17.48	135	11%	232%	0.00%
HUM	40	159.73	24,530	11%	166%	0.68%
IRS	41	17.27	980	10%	527%	0.70%
LUCRF	42	1.52	578	33%	74%	4.70%
WSTG	43	17.25	82	14%	98%	4.00%
AET	44	100.67	35,698	10%	629%	0.91%
PETS	45	15.22	307	11%	141%	4.50%
CJREF	46	17.32	1,489	11%	192%	5.71%
STRA	47	59.77	642	13%	99%	0.00%
WILN	48	2.56	308	9%	1168%	6.40%
ANIK	49	39.63	605	12%	106%	0.00%
TSRA	50	39.92	2,140	9%	1365%	2.07%
ONE	51	2.86	136	17%	77%	0.00%
BKE	52	47.93	2,304	12%	100%	7.56%
SPOK	53	17.36	384	10%	170%	2.72%
PPC	54	26.43	6,860	19%	69%	21.22%
CLCT	55	22.46	191	9%	707%	6.10%
HNT	56	56.09	4,458	9%	379%	0.00%
DLX	57	63.84	3,192	9%	400%	1.83%
GCA	58	7.08	473	10%	231%	0.00%
NLNK	59	48.65	1,525	9%	1157%	0.00%
GILD	60	101.81	162,591	9%	377%	0.00%
FLR	61	57.29	8,949	14%	81%	1.08%
APOL	62	27.06	2,960	14%	80%	0.00%
PBI	63	22.10	4,489	10%	147%	3.35%
UIS	64	23.77	1,187	13%	84%	#VALUE!
VIAB	65	70.32	29,260	10%	219%	1.83%
VIA	66	70.35	29,273	10%	219%	1.90%
CTP	67	6.22	48	15%	71%	0.00%
BCOR	68	14.39	587	10%	211%	0.00%
GORO	69	3.16	171	17%	66%	3.31%
FUJHY	70	65.93	25,725	15%	71%	1.40%
SMT	71	1.35	171	25%	62%	0.00%
CSCO	72	28.93	149,253	9%	342%	2.59%
ATAI	73	3.90	89	15%	69%	10.10%
USNA	74	98.80	1,276	10%	163%	0.00%
CSIQ	75	33.55	2,020	18%	63%	0.00%
PFMT	76	4.23	209	11%	99%	0.00%
MSFT	77	42.36	351,461	9%	207%	2.74%
CPLA	78	64.75	810	9%	179%	2.16%
BREUF	79	11.10	105	9%	613%	9.36%
RTN	80	105.22	32,587	10%	166%	2.26%
APEI	81	30.20	524	15%	64%	0.00%
CA	82	31.71	13,984	9%	460%	3.13%
BBX	83	13.90	222	39%	54%	0.00%
BRCD	84	12.13	5,327	10%	110%	1.13%
STRZA	85	33.35	3,548	10%	123%	0.00%
COH	86	41.43	11,455	10%	116%	3.21%
UEPS	87	14.05	647	18%	55%	0.00%
FENG	88	7.20	557	13%	64%	0.00%
CRWN	89	3.50	1,259	10%	90%	0.00%
VIV	90	16.38	12,153	28%	51%	12.87%
REX	91	58.00	474	30%	50%	0.00%
ITRN	92	22.54	473	10%	92%	4.28%
TDC	93	42.89	6,609	8%	303%	0.00%
KORS	94	65.98	13,569	10%	101%	0.00%
PRISY	95	1.37	409	10%	85%	0.00%
GIB	96	41.96	13,431	8%	309%	0.00%
SAFM	97	82.30	1,856	26%	49%	1.60%
ORCL	98	42.38	190,922	8%	474%	1.10%
NCI	99	13.34	661	11%	67%	0.00%
CDPYF	100	22.16	2,481	8%	7652%	4.65%
SLI	101	40.41	170	14%	57%	0.00%
EGL	102	34.02	615	11%	79%	0.00%
MAN	103	78.58	6,271	12%	63%	1.22%
EME	104	44.29	2,874	10%	90%	0.70%
LO	105	66.99	24,096	8%	690%	3.69%
CTG	106	7.55	121	21%	49%	3.20%
NUS	107	54.31	3,283	12%	61%	3.26%
LEE	108	3.03	163	11%	67%	0.00%
QCOM	109	71.51	120,557	8%	337%	2.37%
AVID	110	15.70	615	9%	157%	0.00%
KFY	111	30.74	1,529	9%	114%	0.00%
RCII	112	27.35	1,458	8%	305%	3.50%
LOGI	113	13.60	2,262	9%	112%	3.43%
GPS	114	40.72	17,428	12%	60%	2.12%
AVP	115	8.90	3,869	13%	54%	2.65%
LYB	116	87.40	43,613	14%	52%	3.20%
KLIC	117	16.11	1,247	15%	49%	0.00%
CPSI	118	52.63	582	9%	108%	4.44%
BBY	119	39.71	14,145	12%	55%	1.82%
GD	120	134.60	45,199	9%	118%	1.82%
UNH	121	112.88	109,832	8%	233%	1.22%
COSM	122	0.75	94	9%	120%	0.00%
CCNMF	123	1.62	80	10%	66%	4.40%
LCI	124	63.20	2,343	9%	105%	0.00%
PEIX	125	11.33	279	34%	41%	0.00%
EMR	126	56.56	39,292	10%	73%	3.10%
IBM	127	158.50	157,771	10%	80%	2.70%
CSC	128	68.86	9,684	11%	60%	1.27%
HGT	129	7.67	307	14%	48%	13.68%
EMMS	130	1.83	87	9%	86%	#VALUE!
DHX	131	8.92	481	8%	291%	0.00%
UBNT	132	31.38	2,816	8%	218%	0.53%
OUTR	133	65.22	1,217	11%	57%	#VALUE!
NTES	134	100.76	13,244	8%	369%	1.44%
TUP	135	67.77	3,429	9%	82%	3.92%
EGY	136	4.77	276	43%	40%	0.00%
SYMC	137	24.17	16,843	8%	126%	2.44%
STV	138	3.61	225	12%	51%	13.81%
NATR	139	12.20	235	15%	45%	15.91%
NCIT	140	11.35	154	11%	53%	1.05%
CO	141	4.66	340	26%	40%	0.00%
SNDK	142	80.66	18,937	8%	113%	1.36%
FOSL	143	81.13	4,162	12%	48%	0.00%
NOC	144	160.41	32,756	9%	104%	1.71%
NOV	145	52.54	22,487	17%	41%	3.01%
NVMI	146	11.43	314	9%	89%	0.00%
CR	147	65.43	3,883	10%	69%	1.94%
GSB	148	3.22	67	7%	749%	1.55%
OMC	149	77.11	19,270	8%	258%	2.55%
MBT	150	9.30	9,249	20%	39%	3.27%
CHE	151	115.48	2,017	8%	162%	0.74%
UG	152	18.50	85	8%	160%	4.24%
EVOL	153	8.31	99	8%	116%	4.99%
HRS	154	75.20	7,888	9%	69%	2.41%
WINA	155	80.00	413	8%	197%	0.30%
LEA	156	107.89	8,728	11%	52%	0.78%
FRAN	157	14.21	602	10%	57%	0.00%
CSVI	158	41.50	586	8%	117%	1.85%
HPQ	159	33.18	61,748	10%	63%	1.84%
MGIC	160	6.92	308	9%	90%	1.37%
CI	161	120.57	31,865	10%	56%	0.03%
TRW	162	104.58	11,682	11%	51%	0.00%
PRGS	163	26.68	1,364	8%	150%	0.00%
XLNX	164	40.58	11,111	8%	129%	2.10%
BBBY	165	73.66	13,538	11%	50%	0.00%
DNB	166	129.05	4,685	7%	1620%	1.40%
EDGW	167	6.99	92	10%	63%	0.00%
TMICY	168	34.00	4,703	7%	680%	3.12%
BAH	169	29.02	4,373	8%	150%	4.95%
GRMN	170	49.64	9,549	8%	95%	3.80%
PNTR	171	8.85	70	9%	68%	0.00%
ACN	172	90.67	61,867	7%	562%	2.12%
HURN	173	62.54	1,410	8%	100%	0.00%
GCI	174	34.57	7,991	10%	64%	2.30%
GHM	175	23.47	238	11%	53%	1.40%
DISCK	176	31.77	21,159	8%	184%	0.00%
IPCM	177	42.31	747	8%	102%	0.00%
IBA	178	49.25	2,463	20%	36%	0.00%
PLOW	179	22.46	499	11%	50%	3.79%
VOC	180	5.14	87	39%	33%	26.49%
DOV	181	70.71	11,771	9%	70%	2.69%
MYGN	182	35.13	2,649	8%	157%	0.00%
ATVI	183	23.07	16,818	7%	754%	0.86%
NVDA	184	22.55	12,551	8%	101%	1.50%
MED	185	31.32	394	8%	81%	0.00%
NTAP	186	38.20	12,113	9%	78%	1.67%
MLHR	187	28.06	1,684	9%	64%	1.94%
SYNT	188	49.49	4,160	8%	128%	0.00%
TARO	189	150.82	6,460	8%	94%	0.00%
STX	190	56.90	19,118	9%	66%	2.58%
FLWS	191	12.23	820	10%	56%	0.00%
HSII	192	23.16	429	8%	88%	2.23%
DISCA	193	33.08	22,031	7%	184%	0.00%
JEC	194	43.09	5,601	11%	47%	0.00%
LMT	195	197.66	63,370	8%	113%	2.84%
CBD	196	31.69	5,252	21%	33%	1.36%
DOX	197	51.81	8,192	7%	163%	1.18%
NOK	198	7.83	31,215	7%	217%	6.34%
LBMH	199	3.59	193	7%	219%	3.39%
CALM	200	36.27	1,756	12%	40%	2.56%

Here is the Cross Reference List.  

Ticker	Mkt Cap	Date	My Ranking	Price	EY	ROIC
ACHI	575	6-Mar	1	5.99	40%	1463%
ADMS	286	6-Mar	2	16.86	24%	8262%
ANIK	589	6-Mar	49	39.63	12%	106%
APOL	2,932	6-Mar	62	27.06	14%	80%
AGX	460	6-Mar	6	31.63	18%	990%
AVID	616	6-Mar	110	15.70	9%	157%
HRB	8,841	6-Mar	22	32.12	12%	342%
BCOR	576	6-Mar	68	14.39	10%	211%
BRCD	5,139	6-Mar	84	12.13	10%	110%
BKE	2,319	6-Mar	52	47.93	12%	100%
CPLA	793	6-Mar	78	64.75	9%	179%
CSCO	147,720	6-Mar	72	28.93	9%	342%
CLCT	200	6-Mar	55	22.46	9%	707%
DLX	3,185	6-Mar	57	63.84	9%	400%
ENTA	650	6-Mar	26	34.97	17%	118%
FLR	8,515	6-Mar	61	57.29	14%	81%
GME	4,389	6-Mar	34	40.16	13%	127%
GILD	152,613	6-Mar	60	101.81	9%	377%
GORO	171	6-Mar	69	3.16	17%	66%
ONE	136	6-Mar	51	2.86	17%	77%
IQNT	522	6-Mar	25	15.59	15%	140%
IDCC	1,922	6-Mar	18	52.07	11%	1370%
KING	4,656	6-Mar	9	14.46	20%	380%
LFVN	79	6-Mar	15	0.80	20%	187%
LQDT	290	6-Mar	33	9.69	15%	110%
MSB	228	6-Mar	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A	#N/A
MSFT	348,115	6-Mar	77	42.36	9%	207%
MNDO	74	6-Mar	35	3.90	10%	930%
NHTC	200	6-Mar	12	15.65	12%	4374%
NSR	1,216	6-Mar	24	22.08	16%	144%
PDLI	1,080	6-Mar	3	6.70	35%	843%
PFMT	209	6-Mar	76	4.23	11%	99%
PETS	308	6-Mar	45	15.22	11%	141%
PPC	6,845	6-Mar	54	26.43	19%	69%
PBI	4,442	6-Mar	63	22.10	10%	147%
PSDV	131	6-Mar	20	4.47	11%	3938%
RTN	32,334	6-Mar	80	105.22	10%	166%
RPXC	802	6-Mar	19	14.23	11%	1525%
SMT	165	6-Mar	71	1.35	25%	62%
STRZA	3,393	6-Mar	85	33.35	10%	123%
STRA	652	6-Mar	47	59.77	13%	99%
TDC	6,343	6-Mar	93	42.89	8%	303%
TSRA	2,109	6-Mar	50	39.92	9%	1365%
TZOO	144	6-Mar	29	9.77	13%	149%
UIS	1,187	6-Mar	64	23.77	13%	84%
USNA	1,222	6-Mar	74	98.80	10%	163%
VEC	329	6-Mar	17	31.35	13%	393%
VIAB	28,641	6-Mar	65	70.32	10%	219%
WSTG	84	6-Mar	43	17.25	14%	98%
WILN	308	6-Mar	48	2.56	9%	1168%

Dividend Stocks

I thought it would be useful to see the subset of my top 200 that are market cap > 600m and dividend yield > 2.4%.

Ticker	Rank	Stock Price	Market Cap	Earnings Yield	ROIC	Dividend Yield
PDLI	3	6.70	1,138	35%	843%	8.45%
KING	9	14.46	4,659	20%	380%	9.43%
CTCM	11	4.17	651	45%	167%	15.70%
HRB	22	32.12	8,839	12%	342%	2.50%
TNH	27	144.27	2,669	14%	143%	7.07%
SJT	32	13.51	630	10%	1453%	8.93%
GME	34	40.16	4,534	13%	127%	3.30%
SFUN	38	6.14	2,799	12%	142%	3.25%
CJREF	46	17.32	1,489	11%	192%	5.71%
BKE	52	47.93	2,304	12%	100%	7.56%
PPC	54	26.43	6,860	19%	69%	21.22%
PBI	63	22.10	4,489	10%	147%	3.35%
CSCO	72	28.93	149,253	9%	342%	2.59%
MSFT	77	42.36	351,461	9%	207%	2.74%
CA	82	31.71	13,984	9%	460%	3.13%
COH	86	41.43	11,455	10%	116%	3.21%
VIV	90	16.38	12,153	28%	51%	12.87%
CDPYF	100	22.16	2,481	8%	7652%	4.65%
LO	105	66.99	24,096	8%	690%	3.69%
NUS	107	54.31	3,283	12%	61%	3.26%
RCII	112	27.35	1,458	8%	305%	3.50%
LOGI	113	13.60	2,262	9%	112%	3.43%
AVP	115	8.90	3,869	13%	54%	2.65%
LYB	116	87.40	43,613	14%	52%	3.20%
EMR	126	56.56	39,292	10%	73%	3.10%
IBM	127	158.50	157,771	10%	80%	2.70%
TUP	135	67.77	3,429	9%	82%	3.92%
SYMC	137	24.17	16,843	8%	126%	2.44%
NOV	145	52.54	22,487	17%	41%	3.01%
OMC	149	77.11	19,270	8%	258%	2.55%
MBT	150	9.30	9,249	20%	39%	3.27%
HRS	154	75.20	7,888	9%	69%	2.41%
TMICY	168	34.00	4,703	7%	680%	3.12%
BAH	169	29.02	4,373	8%	150%	4.95%
GRMN	170	49.64	9,549	8%	95%	3.80%
DOV	181	70.71	11,771	9%	70%	2.69%
STX	190	56.90	19,118	9%	66%	2.58%
LMT	195	197.66	63,370	8%	113%	2.84%
NOK	198	7.83	31,215	7%	217%	6.34%
CALM	200	36.27	1,756	12%	40%	2.56%