ENSCO PLC does not satisfy the requirements of either the Enterprising Investor or the more conservative Defensive Investor. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the insufficient earnings stability or growth over the last ten years, and the high PEmg and PB ratios.
ENSCO PLC does not satisfy the requirements of either the Enterprising Investor or the more conservative Defensive Investor. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the insufficient earnings stability or growth over the last ten years, and the high PEmg and PB ratios.
Ensco PLC does not qualify for either the Defensive Investor and the Enterprising Investor. The Defensive Investor is concerned with the low current ratio, high PEmg and PB ratios, as well as the insufficient earnings stability or growth over the last ten years.
We evaluated 19 different companies this week to determine whether they are suitable for Defensive Investors, those unwilling to do substantial research, or Enterprising Investors, those who are willing to do such research. Here’s a summary of each company’s valuation.
Ensco no longer qualifies for either the Defensive Investor or the Enterprising Investor. The Defensive Investor has concerns with the low current ratio and the lack of sufficient earnings growth over the last ten years while the company fails the Enterprising Investor’s requirements by having too much debt relative to the net current assets and by having insufficient earnings growth over the last five years.
By using the ModernGraham Valuation Model, I’ve selected the five lowest PEmg (price / normalized earnings) companies reviewed by ModernGraham. Each company has been determined to be suitable for the Defensive Investor according to the ModernGraham approach. This is a sample of one screen that is included in ModernGraham Stocks & Screens.
We looked at 16 different companies this week.  Here’s a summary of the ModernGraham Valuations.  For more detailed analysis, click on the name of the company.  Yesterday we also screened all 250 companies in the database to find 5 Low PEmg Companies for the Defensive Investor.  To see more screens of the valuations, be sure to […]