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  • 7 Healthcare Stocks Undervalued By Graham Number And Earnings Growth [View article]
    To be checked against the Graham Number, Benjamin Graham required that the stock have uninterrupted earnings for the previous 10 years, uninterrupted dividends for the previous 20 years, and meet 4 other Defensive criteria.

    Given below is an evaluation for the above stocks against each of Graham's defensive criteria:

    Cigna Corporation
    Sales: 119.73%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 90.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 101.82%
    Overall Defensive: 68.59%
    Graham Number / Price: 107.08%

    Emergent Biosolutions Inc
    Sales: 45.56%
    Liabilities: 100.00%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 90.00%
    Dividend record: 0.00%
    Earnings growth: 92.44%
    Overall Defensive: 71.33%
    Graham Number / Price: 98.00%

    Humana Inc
    Sales: 122.86%
    Liabilities: 91.68%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 5.00%
    Earnings growth: 102.08%
    Overall Defensive: 86.94%
    Graham Number / Price: 128.32%

    National HealthCare Corp
    Sales: 101.28%
    Liabilities: 90.95%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 40.00%
    Earnings growth: 100.13%
    Overall Defensive: 88.73%
    Graham Number / Price: 136.17%

    Pozen Inc
    Sales: 14.49%
    Liabilities: 100.00%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 20.00%
    Dividend record: 0.00%
    Earnings growth: 0.00%
    Overall Defensive: 39.08%
    Graham Number / Price: 178.82%

    Universal Health Services
    Sales: 113.46%
    Liabilities: 88.77%
    Debt: 18.89%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 45.00%
    Earnings growth: 101.27%
    Overall Defensive: 77.90%
    Graham Number / Price: 86.99%

    Wellcare Health Plans Inc
    Sales: 112.30%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 10.00%
    Dividend record: 0.00%
    Earnings growth: 101.17%
    Overall Defensive: 37.25%
    Graham Number / Price: 114.49%

    In short, none of them are eligible to be checked against the Graham Number.
    Jan 27 12:42 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 2 High-Growth Basic Materials Stocks Undervalued By The Graham Number [View article]
    Given below is an evaluation for Atwood Oceanics Inc against each of Graham's defensive criteria:

    http://bit.ly/XEC2FA
    Sales: 100.36%
    Liabilities: 100.00%
    Debt: 28.18%
    Earnings stability: 80.00%
    Dividend record: 0.00%
    Earnings growth: 100.04%
    Overall Defensive: 68.10%
    Graham Number / Price: 98.73%
    Jan 27 12:38 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 3 Oil And Gas Drilling Stocks Undervalued By The Graham Number [View article]
    Given below is an evaluation for the above stocks against each of Graham's defensive criteria:

    Unit Corp
    Sales: 103.57%
    Liabilities: 42.45%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 20.00%
    Dividend record: 0.00%
    Earnings growth: 100.35%
    Overall Defensive: 44.39%
    Graham Number / Price: 105.89%

    Helmerich & Payne Inc
    Sales: 107.48%
    Liabilities: 100.00%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 100.72%
    Overall Defensive: 101.37%
    Graham Number / Price: 106.25%

    Atwood Oceanics Inc
    Sales: 100.36%
    Liabilities: 100.00%
    Debt: 28.18%
    Earnings stability: 80.00%
    Dividend record: 0.00%
    Earnings growth: 100.04%
    Overall Defensive: 68.10%
    Graham Number / Price: 98.73%

    In short, only HP is eligible to be checked against the Graham Number.
    Jan 27 12:36 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 3 Oversold Stocks Undervalued By The Graham Number [View article]
    Given below is an evaluation for the above stocks against each of Graham's defensive criteria:

    Shoe Carnival
    Sales: 101.21%
    Liabilities: 100.00%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 0.00%
    Earnings growth: 100.12%
    Overall Defensive: 83.55%
    Graham Number / Price: 105.02%

    Noranda Aluminium Holding Corp
    Sales: 104.89%
    Liabilities: 100.00%
    Debt: 36.18%
    Earnings stability: 30.00%
    Dividend record: 5.00%
    Earnings growth: 73.19%
    Overall Defensive: 58.21%
    Graham Number / Price: 116.18%

    Greenbrier Cos Inc
    Sales: 103.70%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 20.00%
    Dividend record: 0.00%
    Earnings growth: 0.00%
    Overall Defensive: 20.62%
    Graham Number / Price: 135.69%

    In short, none of them are eligible to be checked against the Graham Number.
    Jan 27 12:34 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 3 Warren Buffett Holdings Undervalued Relative To The Graham Number [View article]
    Given below is an evaluation for the above stocks against each of Graham's defensive criteria:

    Washington Post Co
    Sales: 110.23%
    Liabilities: 70.61%
    Debt: 82.27%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 78.24%
    Overall Defensive: 90.23%
    Graham Number / Price: 130.00%

    Wells Fargo & Co
    Sales: 128.30%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 99.28%
    Overall Defensive: 71.26%
    Graham Number / Price: 130.37%

    Gannett Co Inc
    Sales: 111.44%
    Liabilities: 56.44%
    Debt: 7.65%
    Earnings stability: 30.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 32.29%
    Overall Defensive: 56.30%
    Graham Number / Price: 104.06%

    In short, none of them are eligible to be checked against the Graham Number.
    Jan 27 12:32 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Hedge Funds Are Buying These 3 Financials Reporting In January And Undervalued By The Graham Number [View article]
    To be checked against the Graham Number, Graham required the stock to first have uninterrupted earnings for the last 10 years, uninterrupted dividends for the last 20 years, and meet 4 other Defensive criteria.

    Given below is an evaluation for the above stocks against each of Graham's defensive criteria:

    Provident New York Bancorp
    Sales: 23.76%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 65.00%
    Earnings growth: 86.61%
    Overall Defensive: 45.90%
    Graham Number / Price: 132.48%

    Heartland Financial USA Inc
    Sales: 41.89%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 55.00%
    Earnings growth: 81.95%
    Overall Defensive: 46.47%
    Graham Number / Price: 141.68%

    Flagstar Bancorp Inc
    Sales: 101.76%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 10.00%
    Dividend record: 0.00%
    Earnings growth: 0.00%
    Overall Defensive: 18.63%
    Graham Number / Price: 154.44%

    In short, none of them are eligible to be checked against the Graham Number.
    Jan 27 12:29 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 5 Large Caps Undervalued By Earnings Growth And The Graham Number [View article]
    In short, these 3 stocks are not eligible to be checked against the Graham Number.
    Jan 27 12:25 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 7 Outperforming Dividend Stocks Undervalued By The Graham Number [View article]
    In short, none of these stocks are eligible to be checked against the Graham Number.
    Jan 27 12:25 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 6 Oil And Gas Stocks Undervalued Compared To The Graham Number [View article]
    In short, none of them are eligible to be checked against the Graham Number.
    Jan 27 12:24 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 3 Large Caps Undervalued By Earnings Growth And The Graham Number [View article]
    To be checked against the Graham Number, a stock must first have uninterrupted earnings for the last 10 years, uninterrupted dividends for the last 20 years, and meet 4 other Defensive criteria.

    Given below is an evaluation for the above stocks against each of Graham's defensive criteria:

    Marathon Petroleum Corp.
    Sales: 127.62%
    Liabilities: 75.32%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 40.00%
    Dividend record: 5.00%
    Earnings growth: 0.00%
    Overall Defensive: 57.99%
    Graham Number / Price: 110.03%

    Goldman Sachs Group Inc
    Sales: 122.85%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 30.00%
    Dividend record: 65.00%
    Earnings growth: 102.08%
    Overall Defensive: 53.32%
    Graham Number / Price: 132.33%

    Travelers Cos Inc
    Sales: 120.61%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 101.89%
    Overall Defensive: 70.42%
    Graham Number / Price: 131.90%

    In short, none of them are eligible to be checked against the Graham Number.
    Jan 27 12:21 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 4 Large-Caps Undervalued By Earnings Growth And The Graham Number [View article]
    Given below is an evaluation for the above stocks against each of Graham's defensive criteria:

    Johnson Controls Inc
    Sales: 123.49%
    Liabilities: 58.37%
    Debt: 34.17%
    Earnings stability: 20.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 74.08%
    Overall Defensive: 68.35%
    Graham Number / Price: 83.95%

    Marathon Petroleum Corp.
    Sales: 127.62%
    Liabilities: 75.32%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 40.00%
    Dividend record: 5.00%
    Earnings growth: 0.00%
    Overall Defensive: 57.99%
    Graham Number / Price: 110.03%

    AFLAC Inc
    Sales: 119.78%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 101.82%
    Overall Defensive: 70.27%
    Graham Number / Price: 127.29%

    Baker Hughes Inc
    Sales: 119.11%
    Liabilities: 100.00%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 101.76%
    Overall Defensive: 103.48%
    Graham Number / Price: 115.25%

    In short, only BHI eligible to be checked against the Graham Number.
    Jan 27 12:19 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Ben Graham's Stock Valuing Formula: It Really Works [View article]
    The following article has a scan of Graham's original description of this formula, along with the end-note and the warning: http://seekingalpha.co...
    Jan 27 07:12 AM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • 9 Outperforming Dividend Stocks Undervalued By The Graham Number [View article]
    To be checked against the Graham Number, a stock must first have uninterrupted earnings for the last 10 years, uninterrupted dividends for the last 20 years, and meet 4 other Defensive criteria.

    Given below is an evaluation for the above stocks against each of Graham's defensive criteria:

    SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd
    Sales: 28.25%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 20.00%
    Dividend record: 10.00%
    Earnings growth: 0.00%
    Overall Defensive: 9.71%
    Graham Number / Price: 109.36%

    Fidelity National Financial Inc
    Sales: 111.00%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 30.00%
    Dividend record: 35.00%
    Earnings growth: 36.34%
    Overall Defensive: 35.39%
    Graham Number / Price: 132.18%

    Huntsman Corp
    Sales: 115.77%
    Liabilities: 100.00%
    Debt: 65.78%
    Earnings stability: 10.00%
    Dividend record: 25.00%
    Earnings growth: 0.00%
    Overall Defensive: 52.76%
    Graham Number / Price: 112.82%

    Kronos Worldwide
    Sales: 106.04%
    Liabilities: 100.00%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 20.00%
    Dividend record: 10.00%
    Earnings growth: 60.03%
    Overall Defensive: 66.01%
    Graham Number / Price: 125.86%

    Lexmark International Inc
    Sales: 110.18%
    Liabilities: 66.64%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 5.00%
    Earnings growth: 62.59%
    Overall Defensive: 74.07%
    Graham Number / Price: 114.57%

    NL Industries Inc
    Sales: 23.14%
    Liabilities: 74.62%
    Debt: 93.12%
    Earnings stability: 20.00%
    Dividend record: 70.00%
    Earnings growth: 56.81%
    Overall Defensive: 56.28%
    Graham Number / Price: 128.17%

    Susquehanna Bancshares
    Sales: 101.30%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 20.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 12.09%
    Overall Defensive: 38.90%
    Graham Number / Price: 123.89%

    Safeway Inc
    Sales: 123.90%
    Liabilities: 53.13%
    Debt: 3.53%
    Earnings stability: 20.00%
    Dividend record: 35.00%
    Earnings growth: 102.17%
    Overall Defensive: 56.29%
    Graham Number / Price: 120.31%

    Washington Post Co
    Sales: 110.23%
    Liabilities: 70.61%
    Debt: 82.27%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 78.24%
    Overall Defensive: 90.23%
    Graham Number / Price: 129.72%

    In short, none of them are eligible to be checked against the Graham Number.
    Jan 25 03:30 PM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • How To Build A Complete Benjamin Graham Portfolio [View article]
    Thanks for sharing the information, freeman8201.
    Do note that these lists are old, and based on obsolete data.

    Please refer to the The Graham Screener for the current list of approved Graham stocks.
    Link: http://bit.ly/QYCMaj

    --
    Serenity Stocks
    Jan 21 12:34 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 5 Large Caps Undervalued By Earnings Growth And The Graham Number [View article]
    The above stocks meet each of Graham's defensive criteria as follows:

    Aetna Inc
    Sales: 122.33%
    Liabilities: 0.00%
    Debt: 0.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 100.00%
    Earnings growth: 102.04%
    Overall Defensive: 70.73%
    Graham Number / Price: 135.75%

    Marathon Petroleum Corp
    Sales: 127.62%
    Liabilities: 75.32%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 40.00%
    Dividend record: 5.00%
    Earnings growth: 0.00%
    Overall Defensive: 57.99%
    Graham Number / Price: 116.71%

    National Oilwell Varco Inc
    Sales: 117.33%
    Liabilities: 100.00%
    Debt: 100.00%
    Earnings stability: 100.00%
    Dividend record: 15.00%
    Earnings growth: 101.61%
    Overall Defensive: 88.99%
    Graham Number / Price: 108.13%
    Jan 17 10:31 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
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