I Know First Review: June 18th 2014
The stocks selected here are the top performing stocks from I Know First: Daily Market Forecast’s May 18th 2014 Stock Forecast titled, Stock Forecast Based on Predictive Algorithms: 10.07% Average Gain In 30 Days. The “I Know First Average” return was 10.07% versus the S&P 500’s return of 4.21% over the same time period. 
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Signal (30 days): 64.26
Predictability (30 days): .48
Return: 6.78%
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company provides integrated communication solutions to private and public sectors worldwide. It operates through Publishing and Retail Services, Variable Print, Strategic Services, and International segments. The company’s strength lies in its revenue growth, where it has slightly outpaced the industry average by 5.3%. However, this revenue growth has not had an effect on the bottom line, as shown by a decline in earnings per share. Over the past year RRD has outperformed its competition and its share price has grown 22%.
Signal (30 days): 56.66
Predictability (30 days): .34
Return: 27.81%
Under Armour develops, markets, and distributes apparel, footwear, and accessories. The Company specializes in athletic gear and sells its products worldwide and to athletes at all levels. Under Armour, founded in Baltimore, has posted 16 consecutive quarters of other 20% growth in its top line. During this time, the company has managed to triple its revenues. Furthermore, the company announced a goal to increase its revenue to $4 billion by 2016, which is almost twice its current revenue of $2.33 billion. To meet this goal, Under Armour will need to continue to expand internationally and strengthen its product lines beyond its primary business: synthetic performance apparel.
Signal (30 days): 41.79
Predictability (30 days): .12
Return: 16.95%
First Solar Inc. provide solar energy solutions through two segments, Components and Systems. The component segment designs, manufactures, and sells solar modules. The Systems segment provides turn-key solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems, such as project development, operating and maintenance, and PV power system owners. The Solar Energies Industries Associated reported a 79% jump in PV units installed year over year. This translated into a 26% revenue gain for FSLR and a 3% jump in their profit margin.
Signal (30 days): 33.87
Predictability (30 days): .41
Return: 4.58%
Yahoo! Inc. operates as a technology company worldwide. The company offers search products, including yahoo search, yahoo answers, yahoo messenger, and many more. Last Wednesday, Bank of America lowered Yahoo stock’s price target from $42 to $40, due to its recent stake in Alibaba. YHOO is still driven by a number of strengths we believe outweigh the weaknesses, such as a gross profit margin of 83.44% and a low debt-to-equity ratio of .09.
Signal (30 days): 32.61
Predictability (30 days): .1
Return: 18.56%
Tesla and CEO Elon Musk produce and distribute the Tesla Model S, among other models. The Model S is a fully electric car that plugs directly into a standard outlet. With the 85 kWh battery, the Model S can go up to 260 miles on a single charge. The Model S can go from 0-60 MPH in five seconds and can be recharged at many free supercharger stations across the United States. The company is considering building a multi-billion dollar factory to produce its own batteries which could be finished in the next few years.
Signal (30 days): 19.94
Predictability (30 days): .16
Return: 1.08%
Alliant Techsystems Inc. develops and produces aerospace, defense, and commercial products to the US government and prime contractors in the United States and internationally. On June 4th, ATK announced it had received several domestic contracts totaling more than $112 million for medium- and large-ammunition production and development. These awards will provide ammunition to arm air platforms such as the A-10, Apache attack helicopter and the AC-130 gunship, as well as training ammunition for crews maintaining their gunnery expertise on the Apache and Abrams main battle tank. 
Signal (30 days): 15.83
Predictability (30 days): .25
Return: 28.24%
Netflix, Inc. operates as an Internet television network, is engaged in the Internet delivery of TV shows and movies directly on TVs, computers, and mobile devices in the United States and internationally. While revenues are not rapidly growing, performance is accelerating in both the U.S. and International markets. Profit margins have been consistently rising and management expects further margin expansion in the near feature.
Signal (30 days): 15.20
Predictability (30 days): .4
Return: 10.26%
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes tires and related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company reported positive earnings in 3 of the trailing 4 quarters. Goodyear reported a remarkable 33.3% rise in earnings per share to 56 cents in the first quarter of 2014 from 42 cents a year ago.
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Business Disclosure: I Know First Research is the analytic branch of I Know First, a financial startup company that specializes in quantitatively predicting the stock market. This article was written by Joe Stempel, one of our interns. We did not receive compensation for this article, and we have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
