The Retirement Top 5

[mrmarket]

Here are my five favorites from the most recent data dump:

AMBA CNC LCI LOAN SGC


Which one do you like...and why? I'll buy one of these next week.

[billyjoe]

This is a great group.An argument could be made for buying the lot so we've got to find something negative to eliminate 4 of them.

SGC----great EPS growth, good, not great sales growth, high P/cash and P/book. low volume, small mkt cap---------eliminate

LOAN--great EPS , sales growth, awesome dividend, low P/E, low volume, miniscule market cap., eliminate

AMBA--great EPS,Sales growth, YTD+46%, but 5th in its industry, high PEG, P/sales, P/book value, eliminate

CNC---great EPS,Sales Growth, up 36% YTD, top stock in top group 4 weeks straight, wonderful chart, but I think Mr.Market will pick...........

LCI---EPS and Sales Growth off the charts, up 55% YTD yet undervalued with a low P/E, Ist in its industry, plenty of room to grow, My pick. I'd buy today if market was open

------------------billy

[tortuga]

Agree with billyjoe, LCI it is

[mrparker87]

Either LCI or LOAN.

LCI - p/e - 19, zero debt. already up 55% ytd. solid profit margin of 40%. As a nurse, i see patients come in the hospital taking 15-20 medications, some more than once a day. Guess what? when they're discharged, they leave with more medications.

LOAN - p/e - 13, zero debt. mangagement owning 61%. There is only one reason management keeps buying more of its stock. profit margin 43% and stellar dividend yield of 8.2%. It's pretty obvious looking at the charts and articles that this stock gets a lot of love prior to the ex-dividend date.

I'll probably buy both, but if I had to choose one, I'd go with LOAN. Looking for another quick spike in the sp when they announce the next ex-dividend date.

-second time poster (long time lurker), matt (fellow Houstonian)

[Louetta]

Look at a chart of LCI vs. AMBA and CNC for the last 10-12 calendar days. Price performance has been worrying me.