S&P 500 Stocks With Biggest Gap Between Market Price, Estimate
By Wendy Soong -
2013-02-08T17:12:27Z
The following table shows the companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index with the biggest gaps between their stock price and analysts’ average price estimates as of Feb. 8.
The average estimate is based on data compiled by Bloomberg and reflects forecasts for the next 12 months, a period that varies among brokerage firms. Only companies that have at least four analyst target prices are included.
Positive Gap Percentage
# of Last Average 1 Year
Tkr Company Name Gap% Analyst Price Target %Return
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MHP MCGRAW-HILL COS 39.2 7 43.10 60.00 1.90
BTU PEABODY ENERGY 38.9 19 23.42 32.52 -35.62
CNX CONSOL ENERGY 32.4 20 31.34 41.50 -14.82
MNST MONSTER BEVERAG 31.4 5 47.19 62.00 -9.23
QEP QEP RESOURCES I 30.9 13 29.68 38.86 -0.62
NFX NEWFIELD EXPLOR 30.6 17 30.08 39.28 -22.62
JBL JABIL CIRCUIT 29.7 8 19.43 25.20 -17.45
AAPL APPLE INC 29.4 44 476.06 615.83 1.34
NEM NEWMONT MINING 28.7 16 45.08 58.00 -23.53
COH COACH INC 26.4 28 48.62 61.46 -31.64
ALXN ALEXION PHARM 26.1 13 93.79 118.29 17.59
NVDA NVIDIA CORP 25.2 20 12.33 15.44 -21.41
NOV NATL OILWELL VA 23.8 26 69.06 85.52 -16.51
BRCM BROADCOM CORP-A 22.4 36 33.17 40.61 -11.31
MU MICRON TECH 21.5 22 7.68 9.33 -1.84
AMZN AMAZON.COM INC 21.5 29 261.70 318.00 41.28
JOY JOY GLOBAL INC 21.4 18 61.51 74.70 -33.27
TDC TERADATA CORP 21.2 15 62.45 75.71 6.84
APC ANADARKO PETROL 20.9 26 84.66 102.36 -3.08
APA APACHE CORP 20.6 23 85.11 102.67 -19.26
GPS GAP INC/THE 20.3 22 32.21 38.76 51.18
MRK MERCK & CO 20.2 12 41.00 49.27 10.56
DNR DENBURY RESOURC 20.1 16 18.86 22.64 -5.30
EMC EMC CORP/MA 19.7 34 24.86 29.75 -5.35
WPX WPX ENERGY 19.6 9 15.51 18.56 -11.96
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 18.9 29 27.60 32.81 -7.53
AES AES CORP 18.8 5 11.00 13.07 -13.09
LSI LSI CORP 18.7 14 7.11 8.43 -13.70
PRU PRUDENTL FINL 18.6 15 57.20 67.84 -2.75
TWC TIME WARNER CAB 18.5 23 88.06 104.31 19.86
DVN DEVON ENERGY CO 17.9 23 59.99 70.70 -8.67
MET METLIFE INC 17.8 16 36.84 43.40 0.71
CLF CLIFFS NATURAL 17.5 14 36.48 42.87 -49.66
NRG NRG ENERGY 17.4 8 23.99 28.17 42.89
NE NOBLE CORP 17.3 4 39.42 46.23 6.44
BBBY BED BATH &BEYON 17.3 20 59.77 70.08 -3.58
AKAM AKAMAI TECHNOLO 17.1 15 35.28 41.30 4.78
GLW CORNING INC 17.0 17 12.23 14.31 -8.06
MCO MOODY’S CORP 16.8 7 44.10 51.50 22.52
DLTR DOLLAR TREE INC 16.6 17 40.91 47.68 -8.40
COF CAPITAL ONE FIN 16.5 22 57.05 66.46 21.50
AFL AFLAC INC 16.4 14 50.24 58.47 4.79
DG DOLLAR GENERAL 16.1 19 46.02 53.41 7.05
STZ CONSTELLATION-A 16.0 7 31.91 37.00 44.31
GRMN GARMIN LTD 15.8 5 38.53 44.60 -9.03
AA ALCOA INC 15.7 15 8.95 10.35 -15.44
DFS DISCOVER FINANC 15.6 19 39.84 46.05 37.61
EQT EQT CORP 15.4 11 61.55 71.04 23.91
EW EDWARDS LIFE 15.4 16 86.62 99.94 16.80
CHRW CH ROBINSON 15.3 16 59.62 68.76 -4.41
CAT CATERPILLAR INC 15.3 18 96.82 111.62 -13.64
Negative Gap Percentage
# of Last Average 1 Year
Tkr Company Name Gap% Analyst Price Target %Return
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NFLX NETFLIX INC -31.4 24 181.84 124.80 42.29
HPQ HEWLETT-PACKARD -21.4 15 16.74 13.16 -41.60
FSLR FIRST SOLAR INC -9.4 14 30.24 27.41 -33.23
VRSN VERISIGN INC -9.1 8 45.47 41.35 23.13
ETFC E*TRADE FINANCI -8.6 14 11.00 10.05 20.77
SWY SAFEWAY INC -8.3 11 20.13 18.46 -1.01
CINF CINCINNATI FIN -7.5 6 44.51 41.17 38.53
TRIP TRIPADVISOR INC -7.0 12 47.26 43.93 34.47
HSP HOSPIRA INC -6.9 5 34.64 32.25 -2.92
CVH COVENTRY HEALTH -6.9 9 46.89 43.67 51.77
BBY BEST BUY CO INC -6.6 16 15.25 14.25 -36.20
HRL HORMEL FOODS CR -6.3 7 35.75 33.49 24.89
HRB H&R BLOCK INC -6.3 6 24.28 22.75 47.50
PLL PALL CORP -6.2 6 68.23 64.00 10.09
ADI ANALOG DEVICES -5.6 21 45.61 43.05 15.42
SCHW SCHWAB (CHARLES -5.4 15 16.95 16.03 41.74
EA ELECTRONIC ARTS -5.2 19 17.32 16.43 -8.76
DISCA DISCOVERY COMM- -5.1 19 71.09 67.46 55.95
TXN TEXAS INSTRUMEN -5.0 30 34.04 32.32 2.52
AN AUTONATION INC -4.9 6 48.64 46.25 29.53
CMA COMERICA INC -4.8 24 35.12 33.42 18.74
LOW LOWE’S COS INC -4.7 21 38.89 37.06 46.69
AMAT APPLIED MATERIA -4.7 14 13.58 12.94 7.69
STX SEAGATE TECHNOL -4.6 17 35.71 34.05 37.15
DELL DELL INC -4.6 16 13.48 12.86 -22.90
LLTC LINEAR TECH COR -4.5 19 37.70 36.02 12.78
THC TENET HEALTHCAR -4.4 11 39.84 38.08 67.35
CPB CAMPBELL SOUP C -4.1 11 37.98 36.43 22.26
SYY SYSCO CORP -4.0 7 31.48 30.22 11.26
PLD PROLOGIS INC -3.7 6 39.40 37.95 22.36
BK BANK NY MELLON -3.6 18 27.88 26.86 31.03
FOSL FOSSIL INC -3.6 11 104.33 100.58 5.63
GS GOLDMAN SACHS G -3.2 22 151.59 146.68 31.68
PSA PUBLIC STORAGE -3.2 11 157.00 152.00 15.58
BSX BOSTON SCIENTIF -2.9 17 7.72 7.49 28.40
NYX NYSE EURONEXT -2.8 15 36.11 35.11 36.11
PGR PROGRESSIVE COR -2.7 14 23.26 22.63 15.86
KMB KIMBERLY-CLARK -2.7 13 91.42 88.97 31.61
HNZ HJ HEINZ CO -2.6 12 60.90 59.33 22.08
NTRS NORTHERN TRUST -2.5 17 52.59 51.28 22.19
PDCO PATTERSON COS -2.5 12 37.36 36.43 17.13
BMY BRISTOL-MYER SQ -2.4 13 36.81 35.91 18.18
ADBE ADOBE SYS INC -2.4 15 39.41 38.47 17.94
ZION ZIONS BANCORP -2.3 21 24.10 23.54 30.84
FAST FASTENAL CO -2.3 6 50.66 49.50 6.45
LM LEGG MASON INC -2.0 12 27.27 26.73 1.86
FHN FIRST HORIZON N -1.8 22 10.60 10.41 15.59
WDC WESTERN DIGITAL -1.7 18 48.93 48.08 24.03
CSC COMPUTER SCIENC -1.7 11 45.81 45.04 78.02
DTE DTE ENERGY CO -1.6 7 63.85 62.81 22.91
CLX CLOROX CO -1.4 10 80.94 79.85 20.26
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