Magic Formula Investing Weekly Roundup 5/8/2011

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:

Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACAD)
InterDigital Inc (IDCC)
Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc (KLIC)
Marvell Technology Group Ltd (MRVL)
Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd (NVMI)
Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. (PPD)
Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc (PRX)
Renaissance Learning Inc (RLRN)
Strayer Education Inc (STRA)

Dropping out of the 50 over 50 million screen:

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc (ARIA)
EMCOR Group Inc. (EME)
Impax Laboratories Inc (IPXL)
Lorillard Inc (LO)
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp (MRX)
New Energy Systems Group (OTC:NEWN)
Pozen Inc (POZN)
United Online Inc (UNTD)
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc (VNDA)

Entering the 50 over 1 billion screen:

Cubic Corp (CUB)
General Dynamics Corp (GD)
InterDigital Inc (IDCC)
Eli Lilly and Co (LLY)
Altria Group Inc (MO)
Novellus Systems Inc. (NVLS)
Reynolds American Inc (RAI)
Valassis Communications Inc. (VCI)

Dropping out of the 50 over 1 billion screen:

Amedisys Inc (AMED)
AOL Inc (AOL)
ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc (ARIA)
CA Inc (CA)
Linear Technology Corp (LLTC)
Mednax Inc. (MD)
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp (MRX)
Myriad Genetics Inc (MYGN)

Entering the 30 over 3 billion screen:

General Dynamics Corp (GD)
Lear Corp (LEA)
Eli Lilly and Co (LLY)
Altria Group Inc (MO)
Novellus Systems Inc. (NVLS)
Reynolds American Inc (RAI)

Dropping out of the 30 over 3 billion screen:

AmerisourceBergen Corp (ABC)
CA Inc (CA)
Dolby Laboratories Inc (DLB)
Expedia Inc (EXPE)
Linear Technology Corp (LLTC)
Mednax Inc. (MD)