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Magic Formula Investing (MFI), as described by hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt in The Little Book that Beats the Market, consists of ranking stocks by earnings yield (cheap) and return on capital (quality), adding the rankings together, and buying from the resulting lists. Below are stocks that have moved into, and dropped out of, 3 of the MFI screens used by MagicDiligence:

Entering the 50 over 50 million screen:

Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. (NUS)
Syntroleum Corp (SYNM)
Warner Chilcott Plc (WCRX)

Dropping out of the 50 over 50 million screen:

Columbia Laboratories Inc. (CBRX)
Dynamics Research Corp (DRCO)
USANA Health Sciences Inc (USNA)

Entering the 50 over 1 billion screen:

Fluor Corp. (FLR)
Joy Global Inc (JOY)
Ubiquiti Networks Inc (UBNT)

Dropping out of the 50 over 1 billion screen:

Buckle Inc. (The) (BKE)
Lexmark International Inc. (LXK)
ValueClick Inc (VCLK)

Entering the 30 over 3 billion screen:

Fluor Corp. (FLR)
Joy Global Inc (JOY)
Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT)
Western Refining Inc (WNR)

Dropping out of the 30 over 3 billion screen:

Accenture, Ltd. (ACN)
Apollo Group Inc (APOL)
Mednax Inc. (MD)
The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. (MHP)