Workshop Screen Variations
(TMF Sheard)
LEXINGTON, KY. (July 28, 1998) -- I know a lot of readers are trying to follow along with some variations of the stock screens I follow "officially," so today I want to give you some rankings from two such models, a relative strength screen and a low price to sales screen.
The following stocks all carry timeliness rankings of 1 or 2 in the Value Line system and are sorted in descending order by their 26-week total return.
America Online <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: AOL)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: AOL)") end if %>
Recoton Corp. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: RCOT)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: RCOT)") end if %>
AEGON Ins. Group <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: AEG)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: AEG)") end if %>
Dell Computer <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: DELL)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: DELL)") end if %>
Nokia Corp. ADR <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: NOK.A)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: NOK.A)") end if %>
Best Buy Co. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: BBY)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: BBY)") end if %>
Learning Co. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: TLC)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: TLC)") end if %>
Kansas City South'n Ind. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: KSU)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: KSU)") end if %>
Capital One Fin'l <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: COF)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: COF)") end if %>
Dollar Tree Stores <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: DLTR)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: DLTR)") end if %>
Roberts Pharmac. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: RPC)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: RPC)") end if %>
Staples Inc. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: SPLS)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: SPLS)") end if %>
Micro Warehouse <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: MWHS)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: MWHS)") end if %>
Apple Computer <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: AAPL)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: AAPL)") end if %>
Blair Corp. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: BL)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: BL)") end if %>
Gateway <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: GTW)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: GTW)") end if %>
Hunt (J.B.) <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: JBHT)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: JBHT)") end if %>
Cablevision Sys. 'A' <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: CVC)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: CVC)") end if %>
Unisys Corp. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: UIS)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: UIS)") end if %>
Just For Feet <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: FEET)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: FEET)") end if %>
And for a twist on the Cornerstone Growth strategy developed by Jim O'Shaughnessy, the following stocks, in addition to carrying timeliness rankings of 1 or 2, carry a price to sales ratio of less than 1.0. They're also sorted in descending order by 26-week total returns.
Recoton Corp. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: RCOT)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: RCOT)") end if %>
Best Buy Co. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: BBY)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: BBY)") end if %>
Micro Warehouse <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: MWHS)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: MWHS)") end if %>
Apple Computer <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: AAPL)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: AAPL)") end if %>
Blair Corp. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: BL)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: BL)") end if %>
Hunt (J.B.) <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: JBHT)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: JBHT)") end if %>
Kmart Corp. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: KM)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: KM)") end if %>
LADD Furniture <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: LADF)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: LADF)") end if %>
Haverty Furniture <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: HAVT)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: HAVT)") end if %>
Handleman Co. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: HDL)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: HDL)") end if %>
PaineWebber Group <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: PWJ)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: PWJ)") end if %>
McKesson Corp. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: MCK)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: MCK)") end if %>
Office Depot <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: ODP)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: ODP)") end if %>
Shaw Inds. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: SHX)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: SHX)") end if %>
Ryan's Family <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: RYAN)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: RYAN)") end if %>
Lehman Bros. Holdings <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: LEH)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: LEH)") end if %>
Pulte Corp. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: PHM)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: PHM)") end if %>
Costco Cos. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: COST)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: COST)") end if %>
Varlen Corp. <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: VRLN)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: VRLN)") end if %>
United Stationers <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: USTR)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: USTR)") end if %>
These two screens are expansions of the screens I follow weekly, adding the stocks ranked #2 to the field, which adds an additional 300 stocks to the universe. Historically, the #1 stocks have significantly outperformed the #2s (and all other rankings), but often the relative strength of these stocks is an early indication that a stock ranked #2 may indeed be on its way toward the #1 group.
Check out the latest file updates for the Workshop:
New Rankings
| 1998 Returns
| New Database
[Robert Sheard is the author of the The Unemotional Investor (Simon & Schuster, 1998) available now at Amazon.com and your local bookseller.]