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Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula Investing screen.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

The top 10 current Magic Formula stocks ranked in 3 categories: forward indicated dividend yield, price-to-sales ratio, and price-to-book ratio.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

The Motley Fool's CAPS service is probably the world's largest stock-picking game, with over 3 million picks and thousands of members. Which current Magic Formula stocks currently hold the sought after 5-star CAPS score?

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

Current Magic Formula stocks ranked by highest dividend yield, lowest price-to-sales (P/S) ratio, and lowest price-to-book (P/B) ratio.

In the investing nightmare of 2008, only one stock screening strategy returned positive results - the Piotroski method. Learn about this technique and see Magic Formula stocks that are ranked highly using it.

Magic Formula stocks sorted by highest dividend yield, lowest price-to-sales ratio, and lowest price-to-book ratio.

Every so often, MagicDiligence compiles a list of Magic Formula stocks sorted by their dividend yield, price-to-sales ratio, and price-to-book ratio for investors that like to use those metrics. The result is a list of attractive value stocks for additional research. Here are the top 10 in each of the three metrics.

EMCOR Group is a well run construction contractor and maintenance services company. Management has done well diversifying the company away from the boom-and-bust construction cycle and pointing to high growth areas. It may be worth a look for Magic Formula investors.

Putting it all together, here are the top 20 Magic Formula stocks ranked by a combination of price/sales, price/book, dividend yield, and relative strength. All of these measures have been shown to lead to outperforming stock picks.

Several studies have shown that low price-to-sales ratio, not price-to-earnings or price-to-book, has been the most reliable indicator of outperforming value stocks. This article shows the top 20 current Magic Formula stocks with the lowest price-to-sales ratios.

EMCOR might be a boring business, but with a soaring backlog and generous cash flows it shouldn't be trading for a single-digit earnings multiple.