Value Investing News

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of Joel Greenblatt's 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.

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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.

Breakdown of Magic Formula stocks by industry sector. What sectors are currently out of favor but can provide good returns on capital?

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

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.

Ever wonder why Joel Greenblatt does not use his Magic Formula for his own portfolio? Here we go. Instead of a very concentrated portfolio, he bought 156 stocks with a $63 million portfolio. Now let's see how a real magic formula portfolio works. These are the details of the buys...