Zacks Sell List Highlights: Piper Jaffray, Safety Insurance Group, Ferro and Johnson Controls - Press Releases
March 15 2012 - 4:30AM
Zacks
For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – March 15, 2012 – Zacks.com releases details on a
group of stocks that are currently members of the exclusive Zacks
#5 Rank List – Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated
as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): Piper Jaffray
Companies (PJC) and Safety Insurance Group,
Inc. ( SAFT). Further, Zacks announced #4 Rankings (Sell)
on two other widely held stocks: Ferro Corporation
(FOE) and Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI).
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Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the
Zacks #5 Rank List of Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% vs.
+10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks
during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told
investors which stocks to sell or avoid.
Here is a synopsis of why PJC and SAFT have a Zacks Rank of #5
(Strong Sell) and should most likely be sold or avoided for the
next one to three months. Note that a #5 Strong Sell rating is
applied to 5% of all the stocks in the Zacks Rank universe:
Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC) announced
fourth-quarter profit of 11 cents per share on January 25 that
missed analysts’ expectations by 42.11%. The Zacks Consensus
Estimate for the current year slid to $1.78 per share from $2.05
per share in the last 60 days as next year’s estimate dipped 10
cents per share to $2.28 per share in that time span.
Safety Insurance Group, Inc. ( SAFT) posted a
fourth-quarter profit of 31 cents per share on March 8, which came
in 28 cents wider than the average forecast. The Zacks Consensus
Estimate for the full year fell to $3 per share from $3.05 per
share over the past month. For 2013, analysts expect a profit of
$3.08 per share, compared to last month’s projection for a profit
of $3.15 per share.
Here is a synopsis of why FOE and JCI have a Zacks Rank of 4
(Sell) and should also most likely be sold or avoided for the next
one to three months. Note that a #4 Sell rating is applied to 15%
of all the stocks ranked by Zacks;
Ferro Corporation (FOE) fourth-quarter loss of 8
cents per share, posted on February 29, lagged analysts’
projections by 166.67%. Estimate for current year slid 13 cents per
share to 51 cents per share over a month as next year’s estimate
dipped 4 cents per share to 78 cents per share in that time
span.
Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) reported a
first-quarter profit of 60 cents per share on January 19 that fell
3.23% short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The full-year average
forecast is currently $2.74 per share, compared with last two
month’s projection of $2.98 per share. Next year’s forecast dropped
to $3.35 per share from $3.59 per share in the same period.
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