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Executive Summary	September 26, 2014

The Economy The U.S. has put up some impressive employment numbers since our last newsletter, but that's been counterbalanced by mixed data from other parts of the economy. We'll start with the positives: New claims for unemployment hit their second-lowest level in 14 years in the week ending Sept. 13. They rose slightly in the following week, but were still at pre-Great Recession levels (and 6.5% below year-ago levels). Continuing claims, the data for which lag new claims by a week, have fallen since our last newsletter, and are 14% below where they were a year ago. Retail and food service sales have also improved significantly, jumping 0.6% in August according to the Commerce Department. Their year-over-year gain wasn't overly impressive, at 3.2%, but the month-over-month gain was certainly good news. Industrial production slipped 0.1% in August, however, according to a new Federal Reserve report, with manufacturing output falling 0.4%. Mining output rose 0.5% while utility output, which tends to be seasonally driven, rose 1.0%. July's industrial production gain was revised downward from 0.4% to 0.2%. The housing market was a mixed bag. New home sales, surged 18.0% in August according to a new government report, and are 32.3% above year-ago levels. Housing starts fell 14.4% during the month, however, according to the Census Bureau, though they were still 7.0% above where they were a year ago. Permit issuance for new construction fell 5.6%, and is 0.3% below year-ago levels. After showing some signs that it may be picking up earlier in the year, inflation has been tame. In fact, the Consumer Price Index actually fell 0.2% in August, according to the Labor Department. That put it just 1.7% ahead of its year-ago pace. Part of that was the continuing decline in gas prices. A gallon of regular unleaded on average cost $3.34 as of Sept. 24, down nearly 10 cents from a month earlier. The Labor Department said core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, was unchanged for the month, and is also up 1.7% year-over-year. Overall since our last newsletter, the S&P 500 returned -1.6%, while the Hot List returned -4.6%. For the year, the portfolio stands at -14.2% vs. 6.4% for the S&P. Since its inception in July 2003, the Hot List is far outpacing the index, having gained 212.1% vs. the S&P's 96.5% gain. The Quality-Value Synthesis Given that we live in an age of endless analytical data, intricately interconnected global markets, and esoteric financial instruments, it's amazing to think how simple the concepts behind good investing are. Consider what Joel Greenblatt, one of the gurus upon whom I base my models, said recently in summing up the philosophies of two of the other gurus who inspired my strategies. "Ben Graham said, 'Buy it cheap,'" Greenblatt told CNBC, "and his best student, Warren Buffett, added one little twist that made him one of the richest people in the world. He said, 'If I can buy a good company cheap, even better.'" While they are obviously simplifications, those characterizations get at the heart of Graham's and Buffett's approaches. And that simple "little twist" to which Greenblatt refers -- adding a quality component to a value investing approach -- is at the core of Greenblatt's own "Magic Formula", and at the cores of the strategies used by most of the investing gurus I follow. John Neff, Peter Lynch, David Dreman, the Motley Fool's Gardner brothers, Ken Fisher -- all of them in one way or another used that basic concept of buying good companies at cheap prices to win big over the long haul. But while the concept is simple, a rather fascinating dynamic is at play within what I'll call the "Quality-Value Synthesis". It involves what happens when you separate the value and quality components. By itself, value works. Over the past several decades, numerous studies have shown that cheap stocks (determined using such metrics as the price/earnings, price/book, price/sales, and other valuation ratios) outperform the broader market over the long term, confirming Graham's "buy it cheap" philosophy. You might expect the same to be true of quality stocks. It makes intuitive sense that you'd be better off investing in firms with high returns on equity and assets, and strong, consistent margins, rather than those with low ROEs and ROAs and weak margins, right? Nope. Vitali Kalesnik and Engin Kose of Research Affiliates recently examined the performance of stocks picked using dozens of different "quality" factors (such as return on equity, return on assets, and margin stability) over the past 50 years or so. Their findings? "Of the 40 measures we examined, 25 have positive performance, including 6 whose results are statistically different from zero," they wrote in a piece for ETF.com. "Of the 9 reported in the literature, 8 had positive returns, and 5 of these were statistically significant. Of the 31 unpublished factors, 18 had positive performance, and only 1 was statistically significant. These results are indistinguishable from random occurrences." In other words, buying high-quality stocks in and of itself hasn't given an investor any advantage over buying low-quality stocks over the past 50 years. But here's where things really get interesting: Kalesnik and Kose also looked at what happened when they added value factors to the mix. When they did that (focusing on cheap high-quality stocks), "the high-quality portfolio has fewer distressed, slow growing, unprofitable companies with potentially questionable accounting practices," they wrote. "As a result, the high-quality value portfolio has a better risk-adjusted return. Quality is not, in itself, a factor that generates a premium; but value investing conditioned on a properly specified concept of quality is a powerful investment strategy." Put simply, the Research Affiliates study found that investing in quality stocks matters -- if you are looking at a universe of cheap stocks. It's not the only study to come to that sort of conclusion. In their book Quantitative Value, Wesley Gray and Tobias Carlisle looked at how stocks picked using a variety of quality measures (the equity/total assets, free cash flow/total assets, gross profits/assets ratios, and Greenblatt's own return on capital metric) fared from 1974 to 2011. Their findings: "Other than gross profits on total assets ... no quality measure performs well relative to the Standard & Poor's 500 Total Return Index". Gray and Carlisle did find that using multiple quality metrics within the most expensive decile of stocks made a bit of a difference, though high quality expensive stocks still well underperformed the S&P 500. In the end, their final model takes the cheapest decile of stocks and applies a suite of quality measures to it to significantly enhance returns. Again, value and quality, working together. In addition to the obvious (you should use quality and value metrics together in an investing strategy), I think there are two other broader lessons to take away from all of this. One is that you should always use a thorough, well-rounded approach to picking stocks. As Ken Fisher has said, there is no silver bullet in the market. While you may be able to find some single valuation metrics that in and of themselves lead to outperformance over the long haul, combining multiple metrics (both in terms of combining quality and value, and in combining multiple metrics to gauge quality and value) can further enhance returns. Because 12 different strategies go into Hot List (most of which on their own use both quality and value metrics), the portfolio chooses stocks using numerous quality metrics and numerous value metrics. That thorough examination of both quality and value is one big reason I think the Hot List has performed so well over the long haul. The other lesson is that while good investing strategies make intuitive sense, the reverse is not always true. That is, every strategy that makes intuitive sense is not a good one. Most people, I think, would assume that buying stocks with higher returns on equity or assets or some other quality measure would result in higher returns. But as Carlisle and Gray and Research Affiliates showed, that's often not true. When it comes to how specific variables perform and how they work in combination, you have to rely on facts and data, not hunches and intuition. With the Hot List, we've tried to create a system focused on facts and data, not hunches and gut feelings. All the strategies were developed based on approaches that the gurus used over lengthy periods of time to beat the market. And now we have more than eleven years of our own data, covering several different types of market environments. And we continue to use our increasing amount of data to hone our approach. Once a year, we look at the long-term historical performance numbers and use that to adjust how much weight each individual Guru Strategy has in terms of selecting the portfolio's stocks. There's no guesswork, no hunch-playing as to which strategy might be "due" for a big year. It's a strictly analytical, quantitative process designed to eliminate emotion from our investing process. While there are a myriad of strategies that will beat the market over the long haul, I think you'll find that most stick to the numbers and use a diverse group of quality and valuation metrics. Whatever the specifics of your own investment strategy, doing those two things should help put you on the path toward success.		Editor-in-Chief: John Reese Since Inception   Hot List 212.1% S&P 500 96.5% Accuracy 54.5% Beta 1.2 YTD   Hot List -14.2% S&P 500 6.4% Since Last Issue   Hot List -4.6% S&P 500 -1.6% Avg. Fundamentals   Market Cap (mil) $4,081 PE Ratio 11.2 5 Yr EPS Growth 37.7% Yield 2.0% Rel. Strength 61 Portfolio Sectors Services 3 Technology 2 Capital Goods 1 Consumer Cyclical 1 Energy 1 Financial 1 Healthcare 1
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Current Portfolio Ticker Company Name Industry Guru Score ANIK ANIKA THERAPEUTICS, INC. Biotechnology & Drugs 100 VLO VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION Oil & Gas Operations 96 JLL JONES LANG LASALLE INC Real Estate Operations 87 SIMO SILICON MOTION TECHNOLOGY CORP. (ADR) Semiconductors 85 PJC PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES Investment Services 81 OVTI OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Semiconductors 76 CTCM CTC MEDIA, INC. Broadcasting & Cable TV 69 RGR STURM, RUGER & COMPANY Recreational Products 64 LQDT LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC. Retail (Catalog & Mail Order) 60 AGCO AGCO CORPORATION Constr. & Agric. Machinery 49 Ticker Market Cap Date Added Start Price Current Price Return ANIK $544 5/9/2014 $47.62 $37.57 -21.1% VLO $24,461 4/11/2014 $50.96 $46.33 -9.1% JLL $5,607 9/26/2014 TBD $125.13 TBD SIMO $846 9/26/2014 TBD $25.09 TBD PJC $890 8/1/2014 $51.19 $54.76 7.0% OVTI $1,519 9/26/2014 TBD $26.36 TBD CTCM $1,346 9/26/2014 TBD $8.64 TBD RGR $919 8/29/2014 $50.41 $47.33 -6.1% LQDT $417 8/1/2014 $13.70 $14.07 2.7% AGCO $4,263 12/20/2013 $57.62 $45.45 -21.1%

Detailed Stock Analysis Disclaimer: The analysis is from Validea's selection and interpretation of content from the guru's book or published writings, and is not from nor endorsed by the guru. See Full Disclaimer ANIK   |   VLO   |   JLL   |   SIMO   |   PJC   |   OVTI   |   CTCM   |   RGR   |   LQDT   |   AGCO   |   ANIKA THERAPEUTICS, INC. Profile Strategy: P/E/Growth Investor Based on: Peter Lynch Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (Anika) develops, manufactures and commercializes therapeutic products for tissue protection, healing and repair. These products are based on hyaluronic acid (HA), a naturally occurring, biocompatible polymer found throughout the body. As of December 31, 2011, Anika's wholly owned subsidiary, Anika Therapeutics S.r.l., had over 20 products commercialized, primarily in Europe. These products are also all made from hyaluronic acid, based on two technologies: HYAFF, which is a solid form of HA, and ACP gel, an autocross-linked polymer of HA. Analysis Guru Score: 93% DETERMINE THE CLASSIFICATION: This methodology would consider ANIK a "fast-grower". P/E/GROWTH RATIO: [PASS] The investor should examine the P/E (16.04) relative to the growth rate (46.96%), based on the average of the 3, 4 and 5 year historical eps growth rates, for a company. This is a quick way of determining the fairness of the price. In this particular case, the P/E/G ratio for ANIK (0.34) is very favorable. SALES AND P/E RATIO: [NEUTRAL] For companies with sales greater than $1 billion, this methodology likes to see that the P/E ratio remain below 40. Large companies can have a difficult time maintaining a growth rate high enough to support a P/E above this threshold. ANIK, whose sales are $99.3 million, is not considered large enough to apply the P/E ratio analysis. However, an investor can analyze the P/E ratio relative to the EPS growth rate. INVENTORY TO SALES: [PASS] When inventories increase faster than sales, it is a red flag. However an increase of up to 5% is considered bearable if all other ratios appear attractive. Inventory to sales for ANIK was 11.60% last year, while for this year it is 14.65%. Since inventory has been rising, this methodology would not look favorably at the stock but would not completely eliminate it from consideration as the inventory increase (3.05%) is below 5%. EPS GROWTH RATE: [PASS] This methodology favors companies that have several years of fast earnings growth, as these companies have a proven formula for growth that in many cases can continue many more years. This methodology likes to see earnings growth in the range of 20% to 50%, as earnings growth over 50% may be unsustainable. The EPS growth rate for ANIK is 47.0%, based on the average of the 3, 4 and 5 year historical eps growth rates, which is considered 'OK'. However, it may be difficult to sustain such a high growth rate. TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: [PASS] This methodology would consider the Debt/Equity ratio for ANIK (0.00%) to be wonderfully low (equity is at least ten times debt). This ratio is one quick way to determine the financial strength of the company. FREE CASH FLOW: [NEUTRAL] The Free Cash Flow/Price ratio, though not a requirement, is considered a bonus if it is above 35%. A positive Cash Flow (the higher the better) separates a wonderfully reliable investment from a shaky one. This methodology prefers not to invest in companies that rely heavily on capital spending. This ratio for ANIK (4.45%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of the stock. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria. NET CASH POSITION: [NEUTRAL] Another bonus for a company is having a Net Cash/Price ratio above 30%. Lynch defines net cash as cash and marketable securities minus long term debt. According to this methodology, a high value for this ratio dramatically cuts down on the risk of the security. The Net Cash/Price ratio for ANIK (11.24%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of this company. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria.   VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION Profile Strategy: P/E/Growth Investor Based on: Peter Lynch Valero Energy Corporation (Valero) is an independent petroleum refining and marketing company. Valero's refineries can produce conventional gasoline's, distillates, jet fuel, asphalt, petrochemicals, lubricants, and other refined products, as well as a slate of premium products, including conventional blendstock for oxygenate blending and reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending, gasoline meeting the specifications of the California Air Resources Board, a diesel fuel, and low-sulfur and ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel. It also owns 10 ethanol plants in the central plains region of the United States with a combined ethanol nameplate production capacity of about 1.1 billion gallons per year. It operates in three business segments: refining, ethanol, and retail. In May 2013, CST Brands Inc announced that the Company which includes Corner Store and Depanneur du Coin, spun off from Valero Energy Corporation. Analysis Guru Score: 93% DETERMINE THE CLASSIFICATION: This methodology would consider VLO a "fast-grower". P/E/GROWTH RATIO: [PASS] The investor should examine the P/E (8.13) relative to the growth rate (23.58%), based on the average of the 3 and 4 year historical eps growth rates using the current fiscal year eps estimate, for a company. This is a quick way of determining the fairness of the price. In this particular case, the P/E/G ratio for VLO (0.34) is very favorable. SALES AND P/E RATIO: [PASS] For companies with sales greater than $1 billion, this methodology likes to see that the P/E ratio remain below 40. Large companies can have a difficult time maintaining a growth high enough to support a P/E above this threshold. VLO, whose sales are $139,143.0 million, needs to have a P/E below 40 to pass this criterion. VLO's P/E of (8.13) is considered acceptable. INVENTORY TO SALES: [PASS] When inventories increase faster than sales, it is a red flag. However an increase of up to 5% is considered bearable if all other ratios appear attractive. Inventory to sales for VLO was 4.28% last year, while for this year it is 4.17%. Since inventory to sales has decreased from last year by -0.11%, VLO passes this test. EPS GROWTH RATE: [PASS] This methodology favors companies that have several years of fast earnings growth, as these companies have a proven formula for growth that in many cases can continue many more years. This methodology likes to see earnings growth in the range of 20% to 50%, as earnings growth over 50% may be unsustainable. The EPS growth rate for VLO is 23.6%, based on the average of the 3 and 4 year historical eps growth rates using the current fiscal year eps estimate, which is considered very good. TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: [PASS] This methodology would consider the Debt/Equity ratio for VLO (31.59%) to be normal (equity is approximately twice debt). FREE CASH FLOW: [NEUTRAL] The Free Cash Flow/Price ratio, though not a requirement, is considered a bonus if it is above 35%. A positive Cash Flow (the higher the better) separates a wonderfully reliable investment from a shaky one. This methodology prefers not to invest in companies that rely heavily on capital spending. This ratio for VLO (11.74%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of the stock. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria. NET CASH POSITION: [NEUTRAL] Another bonus for a company is having a Net Cash/Price ratio above 30%. Lynch defines net cash as cash and marketable securities minus long term debt. According to this methodology, a high value for this ratio dramatically cuts down on the risk of the security. The Net Cash/Price ratio for VLO (-6.03%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of this company. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria.   JONES LANG LASALLE INC Profile Strategy: P/E/Growth Investor Based on: Peter Lynch Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (Jones Lang LaSalle), is a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate. Jones Lang LaSalle has over 200 corporate offices worldwide and operations in more than 1,000 locations in 70 countries. The Company offers integrated real estate and investment management services on a local, regional and global basis to owner, occupier and investor clients. It delivers an array of Real Estate Services (RES) across its three geographic business segments: the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific. LaSalle Investment Management, a wholly owned member of the Jones Lang LaSalle group that consists of its fourth business segment, is a diversified real estate investment management company. In July 2014, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc acquired CLEO Construction Management (CLEO), a construction project management services firm that specializes in medical facilities. Analysis Guru Score: 91% DETERMINE THE CLASSIFICATION: JLL is considered a "True Stalwart", according to this methodology, as its earnings growth of 19.60% lies within a moderate 10%-19% range and its annual sales of $4,931 million are greater than the multi billion dollar level. This methodology looks for the "Stalwart" securities to gain 30%-50% in value over a two year period if they can be purchased at an attractive price based on the P/E to Growth ratio. JLL is attractive if JLL can hold its own during a recession. YIELD ADJUSTED P/E TO GROWTH (PEG) RATIO: [PASS] The Yield-adjusted P/E/G ratio for JLL (0.95), based on the average of the 3 and 5 year historical eps growth rates, is O.K. EARNINGS PER SHARE: [PASS] The EPS for a stalwart company must be positive. JLL's EPS ($6.60) would satisfy this criterion. TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: [PASS] This methodology would consider the Debt/Equity ratio for JLL (30.72%) to be normal (equity is approximately twice debt). FREE CASH FLOW: [NEUTRAL] The Free Cash Flow/Price ratio, though not a requirement, is considered a bonus if it is above 35%. A positive Cash Flow (the higher the better) separates a wonderfully reliable investment from a shaky one. This methodology prefers not to invest in companies that rely heavily on capital spending. This ratio for JLL (2.88%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of the stock. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria. NET CASH POSITION: [NEUTRAL] Another bonus for a company is having a Net Cash/Price ratio above 30%. Lynch defines net cash as cash and marketable securities minus long term debt. According to this methodology, a high value for this ratio dramatically cuts down on the risk of the security. The Net Cash/Price ratio for JLL (-9.45%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of this company. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria.   SILICON MOTION TECHNOLOGY CORP. (ADR) Profile Strategy: P/E/Growth Investor Based on: Peter Lynch Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (SMTC) is a holding company. The Company's operations are conducted through Silicon Motion, Inc. (SMI Taiwan), a wholly owned subsidiary located in Taiwan and FCI, Inc. (FCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of SMTC, located in Korea. The Company is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets, high-performance, low-power semiconductor solutions for the multimedia consumer electronics market. SMTC designs, develops and markets high performance, low-power semiconductor products for the multimedia consumer electronics market. Its products include mobile storage, mobile communications, multimedia systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) and other products. Its product offerings address three main markets: mobile storage, multimedia SoCs and mobile communications markets. On October 25, 2011, its subsidiary FCI acquired BTL System, Inc. Analysis Guru Score: 100% DETERMINE THE CLASSIFICATION: This methodology would consider SIMO a "fast-grower". P/E/GROWTH RATIO: [PASS] The investor should examine the P/E (6.48) relative to the growth rate (43.20%), based on the average of the 2 and 5 year historical and the current year eps growth rates, for a company. This is a quick way of determining the fairness of the price. In this particular case, the P/E/G ratio for SIMO (0.15) is very favorable. SALES AND P/E RATIO: [NEUTRAL] For companies with sales greater than $1 billion, this methodology likes to see that the P/E ratio remain below 40. Large companies can have a difficult time maintaining a growth rate high enough to support a P/E above this threshold. SIMO, whose sales are $231.9 million, is not considered large enough to apply the P/E ratio analysis. However, an investor can analyze the P/E ratio relative to the EPS growth rate. INVENTORY TO SALES: [PASS] When inventories increase faster than sales, it is a red flag. However an increase of up to 5% is considered bearable if all other ratios appear attractive. Inventory to sales for SIMO was 11.42% last year, while for this year it is 14.94%. Since inventory has been rising, this methodology would not look favorably at the stock but would not completely eliminate it from consideration as the inventory increase (3.52%) is below 5%. EPS GROWTH RATE: [PASS] This methodology favors companies that have several years of fast earnings growth, as these companies have a proven formula for growth that in many cases can continue many more years. This methodology likes to see earnings growth in the range of 20% to 50%, as earnings growth over 50% may be unsustainable. The EPS growth rate for SIMO is 43.2%, based on the average of the 2 and 5 year historical and the current year eps growth rates, which is considered 'OK'. However, it may be difficult to sustain such a high growth rate. TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: [PASS] This methodology would consider the Debt/Equity ratio for SIMO (0.00%) to be wonderfully low (equity is at least ten times debt). This ratio is one quick way to determine the financial strength of the company. FREE CASH FLOW: [NEUTRAL] The Free Cash Flow/Price ratio, though not a requirement, is considered a bonus if it is above 35%. A positive Cash Flow (the higher the better) separates a wonderfully reliable investment from a shaky one. This methodology prefers not to invest in companies that rely heavily on capital spending. This ratio for SIMO (7.81%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of the stock. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria. NET CASH POSITION: [BONUS PASS] Another bonus for a company is having a Net Cash/Price ratio above 30%. Lynch defines net cash as cash and marketable securities minus long term debt. According to this methodology, a high value for this ratio dramatically cuts down on the risk of the security. The Net Cash/Price ratio for SIMO (71.95%) is considered very favorable.   PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES Profile Strategy: P/E/Growth Investor Based on: Peter Lynch Piper Jaffray Companies is an investment bank and asset management firm, serving the needs of corporations, private equity groups, public entities, non-profit entities and institutional investors in the United States and internationally. The Company operates in two segments: Capital Markets and Asset Management. The Capital Markets segment provides investment banking and institutional sales, trading and research services for various equity and fixed income products. The Asset Management segment includes traditional asset management activities and related services. The Company markets the investment banking and institutional securities business under Piper Jaffray name. Its asset management business is marketed under Advisory Research, Inc. In July 2013, Piper Jaffray Companies announced that it has completed its purchase of Seattle-Northwest Securities Corporation. In July 2013, the Company announced that it has completed its purchase of Edgeview Partners L.P. Analysis Guru Score: 93% DETERMINE THE CLASSIFICATION: This methodology would consider PJC a "fast-grower". P/E/GROWTH RATIO: [PASS] The investor should examine the P/E (12.44) relative to the growth rate (29.68%), based on the average of the 3 and 4 year historical eps growth rates, for a company. This is a quick way of determining the fairness of the price. In this particular case, the P/E/G ratio for PJC (0.42) is very favorable. SALES AND P/E RATIO: [NEUTRAL] For companies with sales greater than $1 billion, this methodology likes to see that the P/E ratio remain below 40. Large companies can have a difficult time maintaining a growth rate high enough to support a P/E above this threshold. PJC, whose sales are $682.6 million, is not considered large enough to apply the P/E ratio analysis. However, an investor can analyze the P/E ratio relative to the EPS growth rate. EPS GROWTH RATE: [PASS] This methodology favors companies that have several years of fast earnings growth, as these companies have a proven formula for growth that in many cases can continue many more years. This methodology likes to see earnings growth in the range of 20% to 50%, as earnings growth over 50% may be unsustainable. The EPS growth rate for PJC is 29.7%, based on the average of the 3 and 4 year historical eps growth rates, which is acceptable. TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: [NEUTRAL] PJC is a financial company so debt to equity rules are not applied to determine the company's financial soundness. EQUITY/ASSETS RATIO: [PASS] This methodology uses the Equity/Assets Ratio as a way to determine a financial intermediary's health, as it is a better measure than the Debt/Equity Ratio. PJC's Equity/Assets ratio (32.00%) is extremely healthy and above the minimum 5% this methodology looks for, thus passing the criterion. RETURN ON ASSETS: [PASS] This methodology uses Return on Assets as a way to measure a financial intermediary's profitability. PJC's ROA (3.58%) is above the minimum 1% that this methodology looks for, thus passing the criterion. FREE CASH FLOW: [NEUTRAL] The Free Cash Flow/Price ratio, though not a requirement, is considered a bonus if it is above 35%. A positive Cash Flow (the higher the better) separates a wonderfully reliable investment from a shaky one. This methodology prefers not to invest in companies that rely heavily on capital spending. This ratio for PJC (5.06%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of the stock. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria. NET CASH POSITION: [NEUTRAL] Another bonus for a company is having a Net Cash/Price ratio above 30%. Lynch defines net cash as cash and marketable securities minus long term debt. According to this methodology, a high value for this ratio dramatically cuts down on the risk of the security. The Net Cash/Price ratio for PJC (-44.28%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of this company. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria.   OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Profile Strategy: Growth Investor Based on: Martin Zweig OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (OmniVision) designs, develops and markets integrated and semiconductor image-sensor devices. The Company's main products, image-sensing devices, which the Company refers to as CameraChip image sensors, capture an image electronically and is used in a number of consumer and commercial mass-market applications. The Company's CameraChip image sensors are manufactured using the complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), fabrication process and are single-chip solutions that integrate several distinct functions, including image capture, image processing, color processing, signal conversion and output of a fully processed image or video stream. The Company has also integrated its CameraChip image sensors with wafer-level optics, which the Company refers to as CameraCubeChip imaging devices. The Company's CameraCubeChip imaging device is a small footprint, total camera solution. Analysis Guru Score: 77% P/E RATIO: [PASS] The P/E of a company must be greater than 5 to eliminate weak companies, but not more than 3 times the current Market P/E because the situation is much too risky, and never greater than 43. OVTI's P/E is 12.77, based on trailing 12 month earnings, while the current market PE is 16.00. Therefore, it passes the first test. REVENUE GROWTH IN RELATION TO EPS GROWTH: [FAIL] Revenue Growth must not be substantially less than earnings growth. For earnings to continue to grow over time they must be supported by a comparable or better sales growth rate and not just by cost cutting or other non-sales measures. OVTI's revenue growth is 19.72%, while it's earnings growth rate is 42.07%, based on the average of the 3 and 4 year historical eps growth rates. Therefore, OVTI fails this criterion. SALES GROWTH RATE: [PASS] Another important issue regarding sales growth is that the rate of quarterly sales growth is rising. To evaluate this, the change from this quarter last year to the present quarter (8.8%) must be examined, and then compared to the previous quarter last year compared to the previous quarter (-1.6%) of the current year. Sales growth for the prior must be greater than the latter. For OVTI this criterion has been met. The earnings numbers of a company should be examined from various different angles. Three of these angles are stability in the trend of earnings, earnings persistence, and earnings acceleration. To evaluate stability, the stock has to pass the following four criteria. CURRENT QUARTER EARNINGS: [PASS] The first of these criteria is that the current EPS be positive. OVTI's EPS ($0.78) pass this test. QUARTERLY EARNINGS ONE YEAR AGO: [PASS] The EPS for the quarter one year ago must be positive. OVTI's EPS for this quarter last year ($0.42) pass this test. POSITIVE EARNINGS GROWTH RATE FOR CURRENT QUARTER: [PASS] The growth rate of the current quarter's earnings compared to the same quarter a year ago must also be positive. OVTI's growth rate of 85.71% passes this test. EARNINGS GROWTH RATE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL QUARTERS: [PASS] Compare the earnings growth rate of the previous three quarters with long-term EPS growth rate. Earnings growth in the previous 3 quarters should be at least half of the long-term EPS growth rate. Half of the long-term EPS growth rate for OVTI is 21.03%. This should be less than the growth rates for the 3 previous quarters, which are 147.37%, 35.00%, and 68.75%. OVTI passes this test, which means that it has good, reasonably steady earnings. This strategy looks at the rate which earnings grow and evaluates this rate of growth from different angles. The 4 tests immediately following are detailed below. EPS GROWTH FOR CURRENT QUARTER MUST BE GREATER THAN PRIOR 3 QUARTERS: [PASS] If the growth rate of the prior three quarter's earnings, 70.67%, (versus the same three quarters a year earlier) is less than the growth rate of the current quarter earnings, 85.71%, (versus the same quarter one year ago) then the stock passes. EPS GROWTH FOR CURRENT QUARTER MUST BE GREATER THAN THE HISTORICAL GROWTH RATE: [PASS] The EPS growth rate for the current quarter, 85.71% must be greater than or equal to the historical growth which is 42.07%. OVTI would therefore pass this test. EARNINGS PERSISTENCE: [FAIL] Companies must show persistent yearly earnings growth. To fulfill this requirement a company's earnings must increase each year for a five year period. OVTI, whose annual EPS growth before extraordinary items for the previous 5 years (from the earliest to the most recent fiscal year) were 0.13, 2.11, 1.13, 0.80, and 1.70, fails this test. LONG-TERM EPS GROWTH: [PASS] One final earnings test required is that the long-term earnings growth rate must be at least 15% per year. OVTI's long-term growth rate of 42.07%, based on the average of the 3 and 4 year historical eps growth rates, passes this test. TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: [PASS] A final criterion is that a company must not have a high level of debt. A high level of total debt, due to high interest expenses, can have a very negative effect on earnings if business moderately turns down. If a company does have a high level, an investor may want to avoid this stock altogether. OVTI's Debt/Equity (3.42%) is not considered high relative to its industry (38.68%) and passes this test. INSIDER TRANSACTIONS: [PASS] A factor that adds to a stock's attractiveness is if insider buy transactions number 3 or more, while insider sell transactions are zero. Zweig calls this an insider buy signal. For OVTI, this criterion has not been met (insider sell transactions are 183, while insiders buying number 68). Despite the fact that insider sells out number insider buys for this company, Zweig considers even one insider buy transaction enough to prevent an insider sell signal, therefore there is not an insider sell signal and the stock passes this criterion.   CTC MEDIA, INC. Profile Strategy: P/E/Growth Investor Based on: Peter Lynch CTC Media, Inc. operates three Russian television networks CTC, Domashny and Peretz. CTC network offers entertainment programming targeted at 6-54 year-old viewers. Domashny network targeted at 25-59 year-old female viewers. Peretz focusing primarily on edgy and comedy programming. Starting January 2013 CTC targets 10 to 45 year-old viewers and Peretzl focuses on 25 to 49 year-old viewers. As of December 31, 2012, approximately 100 million people were within the coverage of CTC's signal, approximately 63 million people are within the coverage of Domashny's signal, and approximately 61 million people are within the coverage of Peretz's signal. . It also operates Channel 31, a television network in Kazakhstan, and a television channel in Moldova, each offering entertainment programming. In addition, it has in-house production operations focused on series, sitcoms and shows. During 2012, its signals are converted to MPEG-4. Analysis Guru Score: 74% DETERMINE THE CLASSIFICATION: CTCM is considered a "Stalwart", according to this methodology, for its earnings growth of 19.87%. This is based on based on the average of the 3, 4 and 5 year historical eps growth rates, which lies within a moderate 10%-19% range. This methodology looks for the "Stalwart" securities to gain 30%-50% in value over a two year period if they can be purchased at an attractive price based on the P/E to Growth ratio. However, CTCM is not considered a "True Stalwart" for its sales of $801 million are less than the multi-billion dollar level. YIELD ADJUSTED P/E TO GROWTH (PEG) RATIO: [PASS] The Yield-adjusted P/E/G ratio for CTCM (0.32), based on the average of the 3, 4 and 5 year historical eps growth rates, is excellent. EARNINGS PER SHARE: [PASS] The EPS for a stalwart company must be positive. CTCM's EPS ($0.96) would satisfy this criterion. TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: [PASS] This methodology would consider the Debt/Equity ratio for CTCM (0.42%) to be exceptionally low (equity is at least ten times debt). This ratio is one quick way to determine the financial strength of the company. FREE CASH FLOW: [NEUTRAL] The Free Cash Flow/Price ratio, though not a requirement, is considered a bonus if it is above 35%. A positive Cash Flow (the higher the better) separates a wonderfully reliable investment from a shaky one. This methodology prefers not to invest in companies that rely heavily on capital spending. This ratio for CTCM (6.02%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of the stock. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria. NET CASH POSITION: [NEUTRAL] Another bonus for a company is having a Net Cash/Price ratio above 30%. Lynch defines net cash as cash and marketable securities minus long term debt. According to this methodology, a high value for this ratio dramatically cuts down on the risk of the security. The Net Cash/Price ratio for CTCM (15.65%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of this company. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria.   STURM, RUGER & COMPANY Profile Strategy: Value Investor Based on: Benjamin Graham Sturm Ruger & Co Inc, formerly Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., is engaged in the design, manufacture, and sale of firearms to domestic customers. The Company operates in two segments: firearms and investment castings. The firearms segment manufactures and sells rifles, pistols, revolvers, and shotguns principally to a select number of licensed independent wholesale distributors primarily located in the United States. The investment castings segment manufactures and sells steel investment castings. The Company offers products in four industry product categories, which include rifles, shotguns, pistols, and revolvers. The Company's firearms are sold through independent wholesale distributors, principally to the commercial sporting market. The Company's customers include Jerry's/Ellett Brothers, Davidson's, Sports South and Lipsey's. Analysis Guru Score: 86% SECTOR: [PASS] RGR is neither a technology nor financial Company, and therefore this methodology is applicable. SALES: [PASS] The investor must select companies of "adequate size". This includes companies with annual sales greater than $340 million. RGR's sales of $676.4 million, based on trailing 12 month sales, pass this test. CURRENT RATIO: [PASS] The current ratio must be greater than or equal to 2. Companies that meet this criterion are typically financially secure and defensive. RGR's current ratio of 2.29 passes the test. LONG-TERM DEBT IN RELATION TO NET CURRENT ASSETS: [PASS] For industrial companies, long-term debt must not exceed net current assets (current assets minus current liabilities). Companies that meet this criterion display one of the attributes of a financially secure organization. The long-term debt for RGR is $0.0 million, while the net current assets are $84.8 million. RGR passes this test. LONG-TERM EPS GROWTH: [PASS] Companies must increase their EPS by at least 30% over a ten-year period and EPS must not have been negative for any year within the last 5 years. Companies with this type of growth tend to be financially secure and have proven themselves over time. RGR's EPS growth over that period of 1,582.1% passes the EPS growth test. P/E RATIO: [PASS] The Price/Earnings (P/E) ratio, based on the greater of the current PE or the PE using average earnings over the last 3 fiscal years, must be "moderate", which this methodology states is not greater than 15. Stocks with moderate P/Es are more defensive by nature. RGR's P/E of 12.60 (using the 3 year PE) passes this test. PRICE/BOOK RATIO: [FAIL] The Price/Book ratio must also be reasonable. That is, the Price/Book multiplied by P/E cannot be greater than 22. RGR's Price/Book ratio is 4.44, while the P/E is 12.60. RGR fails the Price/Book test.   LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC. Profile Strategy: Growth Investor Based on: Martin Zweig Liquidity Services, Inc. is an auction marketplace for surplus and salvage assets. The Company enables buyers and sellers to transact in an automated online auction environment offering over 500 product categories. The Company's marketplaces provide professional buyers access to a global, organized supply of surplus and salvage assets presented with digital images and other relevant product information. It organizes its products into categories across industry verticals, such as consumer electronics, general merchandise, apparel, scientific equipment, aerospace parts and equipment, technology hardware and specialty equipment. It's online auction marketplaces are www.liquidation.com, www.govliquidation.com, www.govdeals.com and www.liquibiz.com. It also operates a wholesale industry portal www.goWholesale.com. In July 2012, the Company acquired GoIndustry-DoveBid plc. In November 2012, the Company acquired National Electronics Service Association. Analysis Guru Score: 77% P/E RATIO: [PASS] The P/E of a company must be greater than 5 to eliminate weak companies, but not more than 3 times the current Market P/E because the situation is much too risky, and never greater than 43. LQDT's P/E is 10.79, based on trailing 12 month earnings, while the current market PE is 16.00. Therefore, it passes the first test. REVENUE GROWTH IN RELATION TO EPS GROWTH: [FAIL] Revenue Growth must not be substantially less than earnings growth. For earnings to continue to grow over time they must be supported by a comparable or better sales growth rate and not just by cost cutting or other non-sales measures. LQDT's revenue growth is 20.27%, while it's earnings growth rate is 33.47%, based on the average of the 3, 4 and 5 year historical eps growth rates. Therefore, LQDT fails this criterion. SALES GROWTH RATE: [PASS] Another important issue regarding sales growth is that the rate of quarterly sales growth is rising. To evaluate this, the change from this quarter last year to the present quarter (2.2%) must be examined, and then compared to the previous quarter last year compared to the previous quarter (-1.5%) of the current year. Sales growth for the prior must be greater than the latter. For LQDT this criterion has been met. The earnings numbers of a company should be examined from various different angles. Three of these angles are stability in the trend of earnings, earnings persistence, and earnings acceleration. To evaluate stability, the stock has to pass the following four criteria. CURRENT QUARTER EARNINGS: [PASS] The first of these criteria is that the current EPS be positive. LQDT's EPS ($0.59) pass this test. QUARTERLY EARNINGS ONE YEAR AGO: [PASS] The EPS for the quarter one year ago must be positive. LQDT's EPS for this quarter last year ($0.35) pass this test. POSITIVE EARNINGS GROWTH RATE FOR CURRENT QUARTER: [PASS] The growth rate of the current quarter's earnings compared to the same quarter a year ago must also be positive. LQDT's growth rate of 68.57% passes this test. EARNINGS GROWTH RATE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL QUARTERS: [FAIL] Compare the earnings growth rate of the previous three quarters with long-term EPS growth rate. Earnings growth in the previous 3 quarters should be at least half of the long-term EPS growth rate. Half of the long-term EPS growth rate for LQDT is 16.74%. This should be less than the growth rates for the 3 previous quarters which are 88.24%, 10.00% and -56.41%. LQDT does not pass this test, which means that it does not have good, reasonably steady earnings. This strategy looks at the rate which earnings grow and evaluates this rate of growth from different angles. The 4 tests immediately following are detailed below. EPS GROWTH FOR CURRENT QUARTER MUST BE GREATER THAN PRIOR 3 QUARTERS: [PASS] If the growth rate of the prior three quarter's earnings, -6.58%, (versus the same three quarters a year earlier) is less than the growth rate of the current quarter earnings, 68.57%, (versus the same quarter one year ago) then the stock passes. EPS GROWTH FOR CURRENT QUARTER MUST BE GREATER THAN THE HISTORICAL GROWTH RATE: [PASS] The EPS growth rate for the current quarter, 68.57% must be greater than or equal to the historical growth which is 33.47%. LQDT would therefore pass this test. EARNINGS PERSISTENCE: [FAIL] Companies must show persistent yearly earnings growth. To fulfill this requirement a company's earnings must increase each year for a five year period. LQDT, whose annual EPS growth before extraordinary items for the previous 5 years (from the earliest to the most recent fiscal year) were 0.30, 0.55, 0.71, 1.47, and 1.26, fails this test. LONG-TERM EPS GROWTH: [PASS] One final earnings test required is that the long-term earnings growth rate must be at least 15% per year. LQDT's long-term growth rate of 33.47%, based on the average of the 3, 4 and 5 year historical eps growth rates, passes this test. TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: [PASS] A final criterion is that a company must not have a high level of debt. A high level of total debt, due to high interest expenses, can have a very negative effect on earnings if business moderately turns down. If a company does have a high level, an investor may want to avoid this stock altogether. LQDT's Debt/Equity (0.00%) is not considered high relative to its industry (83.33%) and passes this test. INSIDER TRANSACTIONS: [PASS] A factor that adds to a stock's attractiveness is if insider buy transactions number 3 or more, while insider sell transactions are zero. Zweig calls this an insider buy signal. For LQDT, this criterion has not been met (insider sell transactions are 345, while insiders buying number 155). Despite the fact that insider sells out number insider buys for this company, Zweig considers even one insider buy transaction enough to prevent an insider sell signal, therefore there is not an insider sell signal and the stock passes this criterion.   AGCO CORPORATION Profile Strategy: P/E/Growth Investor Based on: Peter Lynch AGCO Corporation (AGCO) is a manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and related replacement parts globally. The Company sells a range of agricultural equipment, including tractors, combines, self-propelled sprayers, hay tools, forage equipment and implements. It also manufactures and distributes grain storage and handling equipment systems, as well as protein production systems. Its products are recognized in the agricultural equipment industry and are marketed under a range of brands, including Challenger, Fendt, Massey Ferguson and Valtra. The Company distributes its products through a combination of approximately 3,100 independent dealers and distributors in more than 140 countries. In September 2013, Grain Systems, Inc. (GSI), a global brand of the Company announced that it has purchased Johnson System Inc. (JSI), manufacturer of catwalks, towers and support structures based in Marshall, Michigan. Analysis Guru Score: 93% DETERMINE THE CLASSIFICATION: This methodology would consider AGCO a "fast-grower". P/E/GROWTH RATIO: [PASS] The investor should examine the P/E (8.32) relative to the growth rate (29.73%), based on the average of the 3, 4 and 5 year historical eps growth rates, for a company. This is a quick way of determining the fairness of the price. In this particular case, the P/E/G ratio for AGCO (0.28) is very favorable. SALES AND P/E RATIO: [PASS] For companies with sales greater than $1 billion, this methodology likes to see that the P/E ratio remain below 40. Large companies can have a difficult time maintaining a growth high enough to support a P/E above this threshold. AGCO, whose sales are $10,419.3 million, needs to have a P/E below 40 to pass this criterion. AGCO's P/E of (8.32) is considered acceptable. INVENTORY TO SALES: [PASS] When inventories increase faster than sales, it is a red flag. However an increase of up to 5% is considered bearable if all other ratios appear attractive. Inventory to sales for AGCO was 17.10% last year, while for this year it is 18.69%. Since inventory has been rising, this methodology would not look favorably at the stock but would not completely eliminate it from consideration as the inventory increase (1.59%) is below 5%. EPS GROWTH RATE: [PASS] This methodology favors companies that have several years of fast earnings growth, as these companies have a proven formula for growth that in many cases can continue many more years. This methodology likes to see earnings growth in the range of 20% to 50%, as earnings growth over 50% may be unsustainable. The EPS growth rate for AGCO is 29.7%, based on the average of the 3, 4 and 5 year historical eps growth rates, which is acceptable. TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: [PASS] This methodology would consider the Debt/Equity ratio for AGCO (30.42%) to be normal (equity is approximately twice debt). FREE CASH FLOW: [NEUTRAL] The Free Cash Flow/Price ratio, though not a requirement, is considered a bonus if it is above 35%. A positive Cash Flow (the higher the better) separates a wonderfully reliable investment from a shaky one. This methodology prefers not to invest in companies that rely heavily on capital spending. This ratio for AGCO (8.10%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of the stock. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria. NET CASH POSITION: [NEUTRAL] Another bonus for a company is having a Net Cash/Price ratio above 30%. Lynch defines net cash as cash and marketable securities minus long term debt. According to this methodology, a high value for this ratio dramatically cuts down on the risk of the security. The Net Cash/Price ratio for AGCO (1.57%) is too low to add to the attractiveness of this company. Keep in mind, however, that it does not adversely affect the company as it is a bonus criteria.   Watch List The Watch List contains the highest scoring stocks according to our guru consensus system that are not currently in the Hot List portfolio. We provide this list both for informational purposes and for investors who are not comfortable with a portfolio of ten stocks. Ticker Company Name Industry Guru Score MNST MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP Beverages (Non-Alcoholic) 71 FL FOOT LOCKER, INC. Retail (Apparel) 69 USNA USANA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC. Conglomerates 64 VSI VITAMIN SHOPPE INC Retail (Grocery) 64 EDU NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECH GRP (ADR) Schools 58 ROST ROSS STORES, INC. Retail (Apparel) 55 BFR BBVA BANCO FRANCES S.A. (ADR) Regional Banks 55 SAVE SPIRIT AIRLINES INCORPORATED Airline 54 NTCT NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. Computer Services 51 HIBB HIBBETT SPORTS, INC. Retail (Specialty) 51

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