S&P 500 Stocks With Biggest Gap Between Market Price, Estimate
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Feb 15, 2013
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. 15.
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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NFX NEWFIELD EXPLOR 43.4 18 27.28 39.11 -28.71
QEP QEP RESOURCES I 34.2 13 29.59 39.69 -3.53
BTU PEABODY ENERGY 34.1 19 24.31 32.60 -26.87
NEM NEWMONT MINING 33.5 15 42.89 57.27 -22.04
ALXN ALEXION PHARM 32.5 14 86.50 114.65 5.08
AAPL APPLE INC 32.1 44 464.45 613.40 -7.06
APA APACHE CORP 31.8 23 77.74 102.48 -24.56
CLF CLIFFS NATURAL 28.4 13 28.98 37.20 -55.94
WPX WPX ENERGY 28.3 8 14.70 18.86 -13.42
JBL JABIL CIRCUIT 27.2 8 19.81 25.20 -19.80
COH COACH INC 26.6 28 48.65 61.58 -35.29
MHP MCGRAW-HILL COS 26.4 7 44.86 56.71 5.37
APC ANADARKO PETROL 24.8 26 82.45 102.86 -3.02
EMC EMC CORP/MA 24.5 33 24.03 29.91 -8.94
DF DEAN FOODS CO 24.3 8 16.35 20.32 52.07
GRMN GARMIN LTD 23.4 5 39.50 48.75 -7.46
NOV NATL OILWELL VA 23.0 26 69.41 85.39 -15.69
MNST MONSTER BEVERAG 22.8 4 51.25 62.92 -13.50
COF CAPITAL ONE FIN 22.5 22 54.31 66.52 16.28
TDC TERADATA CORP 22.3 16 61.89 75.72 -0.02
DNR DENBURY RESOURC 22.0 16 18.64 22.75 -2.77
CNX CONSOL ENERGY 21.0 20 33.78 40.86 -3.36
DVN DEVON ENERGY CO 20.9 23 59.25 71.62 -8.11
FTR FRONTIER COMMUN 20.8 7 4.05 4.89 14.83
CCI CROWN CASTLE IN 20.8 15 67.78 81.89 34.88
BBBY BED BATH &BEYON 20.6 20 58.30 70.30 -1.71
EQT EQT CORP 20.2 11 59.41 71.42 24.23
CHRW CH ROBINSON 19.9 15 57.97 69.50 -9.32
AFL AFLAC INC 19.6 14 49.05 58.69 3.53
AMZN AMAZON.COM INC 19.6 28 265.31 317.35 40.74
TWC TIME WARNER CAB 19.6 22 87.07 104.13 16.66
MET METLIFE INC 19.3 16 36.85 43.95 1.04
LSI LSI CORP 18.9 14 7.12 8.46 -14.03
JOY JOY GLOBAL INC 18.9 18 63.72 75.74 -25.74
PRU PRUDENTL FINL 18.7 15 57.41 68.17 -0.80
MRK MERCK & CO 18.3 12 41.34 48.93 12.30
PCP PRECISION CASTP 18.3 16 184.96 218.77 8.52
MU MICRON TECH 18.2 21 8.02 9.48 -3.12
AES AES CORP 18.1 5 11.13 13.14 -16.21
NRG NRG ENERGY 18.0 7 23.88 28.19 41.87
QCOM QUALCOMM INC 18.0 34 65.58 77.40 7.88
GPS GAP INC/THE 17.7 22 33.14 39.02 42.76
OXY OCCIDENTAL PETE 17.6 18 85.44 100.50 -14.29
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 17.5 29 28.01 32.90 -5.28
CAT CATERPILLAR INC 17.4 18 95.97 112.65 -14.16
NE NOBLE CORP 17.4 16 39.19 46.00 5.34
LTD LIMITED BRANDS 17.2 18 44.56 52.20 7.02
BA BOEING CO/THE 17.1 19 74.85 87.65 1.64
ATI ALLEGHENY TECH 16.9 8 33.78 39.50 -22.81
BRCM BROADCOM CORP-A 16.9 36 34.31 40.11 -4.76
PKI PERKINELMER INC 16.8 10 34.13 39.88 33.70
Negative Gap Percentage
# of Last Average 1 Year
Tkr Company Name Gap% Analyst Price Target %Return
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NFLX NETFLIX INC -34.1 23 188.95 124.53 52.27
HPQ HEWLETT-PACKARD -22.3 15 16.83 13.08 -39.78
FSLR FIRST SOLAR INC -19.5 12 34.72 27.96 -10.94
BBY BEST BUY CO INC -14.1 16 16.46 14.14 -35.94
SWY SAFEWAY INC -10.9 13 20.51 18.27 -2.19
VRSN VERISIGN INC -10.5 8 46.24 41.39 22.77
ETFC E*TRADE FINANCI -10.1 14 11.29 10.15 25.91
AIZ ASSURANT INC -10.0 5 41.78 37.60 -1.53
HAS HASBRO INC -8.6 5 40.71 37.20 16.22
SYY SYSCO CORP -7.7 7 32.10 29.63 13.26
HNZ HJ HEINZ CO -7.7 10 72.24 66.71 45.46
JCP J.C. PENNEY CO -7.3 15 19.93 18.47 -52.67
HRB H&R BLOCK INC -7.1 6 25.15 23.36 60.95
CINF CINCINNATI FIN -6.9 6 44.75 41.67 33.93
HRL HORMEL FOODS CR -6.9 7 35.97 33.49 26.70
FAST FASTENAL CO -6.8 6 53.09 49.50 5.23
CSC COMPUTER SCIENC -6.3 11 47.99 44.96 49.86
NYX NYSE EURONEXT -5.9 15 37.67 35.44 33.02
PLL PALL CORP -5.7 6 68.57 64.67 8.02
LOW LOWE’S COS INC -5.7 21 39.51 37.27 48.45
CPB CAMPBELL SOUP C -5.1 11 39.30 37.31 26.89
CTAS CINTAS CORP -4.2 5 44.28 42.40 16.08
PGR PROGRESSIVE COR -4.2 13 24.16 23.13 16.83
NTRS NORTHERN TRUST -4.2 17 53.55 51.32 25.54
DELL DELL INC -4.1 12 13.79 13.22 -22.78
ADI ANALOG DEVICES -4.1 21 46.10 44.23 21.75
CVH COVENTRY HEALTH -3.6 8 46.34 44.67 43.66
SCHW SCHWAB (CHARLES -3.6 15 16.81 16.21 39.50
CMA COMERICA INC -3.4 25 34.89 33.70 19.88
TXN TEXAS INSTRUMEN -3.3 30 33.53 32.43 4.31
PLD PROLOGIS INC -3.2 6 38.86 37.61 21.34
PAYX PAYCHEX INC -3.0 12 33.89 32.86 13.56
PBCT PEOPLE’S UNITED -3.0 14 12.89 12.50 8.23
EA ELECTRONIC ARTS -3.0 19 16.93 16.43 -2.89
KMB KIMBERLY-CLARK -2.8 13 90.93 88.40 30.67
ZION ZIONS BANCORP -2.6 21 24.38 23.74 34.04
LLTC LINEAR TECH COR -2.6 18 37.91 36.92 17.35
DTE DTE ENERGY CO -2.5 7 64.40 62.81 25.58
GPC GENUINE PARTS C -2.5 6 71.15 69.40 12.95
VTR VENTAS INC -2.4 7 69.39 67.75 21.63
FHN FIRST HORIZON N -2.4 22 10.70 10.45 14.55
CLX CLOROX CO -2.3 10 82.00 80.08 23.71
SCG SCANA CORP -2.3 4 47.86 46.75 10.97
LM LEGG MASON INC -2.3 12 27.63 27.00 4.53
BMY BRISTOL-MYER SQ -2.1 13 36.68 35.91 19.59
BK BANK NY MELLON -2.0 19 28.06 27.51 36.68
DNB DUN & BRADSTREE -1.7 6 81.36 80.00 5.83
GS GOLDMAN SACHS G -1.6 23 155.00 152.52 40.41
PNW PINNACLE WEST -1.6 5 54.35 53.50 19.61
ALTR ALTERA CORP -1.5 21 35.82 35.28 -7.70
NDAQ NASDAQ OMX GROU -1.5 16 30.97 30.50 18.06
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To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alex Tanzi at at atanzi@bloomberg.net