Question

	Historical						Expectational				Valuation
Stock	NPM	ATO	Leverage	Current Ratio	5 Year Historical Growth	3 Month Percentage Change FY1		3 Months Percentage Change Rec	# of Quarter Surprises in 5 Quarters	Average Positive Surprises in 5 Quarters	P/E	P/S	Peg
TGT	4.22	0.45	0.91	0.82	-0.39	1.85%		1.16%	3/5	2.66%	15.31	0.64	2.73
WMT	1.02	0.62	0.72	0.93	1.3	-0.62%		-4.17%	4/5	2.48%	54.35	0.55	3.39

Historical

Expectational

Valuation

Stock

NPM

ATO

Leverage

Current Ratio

5 Year Historical Growth

3 Month Percentage Change FY1

3 Months Percentage Change Rec

# of Quarter Surprises in 5 Quarters

Average Positive Surprises in 5 Quarters

P/E

P/S

Peg

TGT

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WMT

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execute recommendation by buying the recommended stock and shorting the stock you don't recommend among the pair in equal dollars

Answer 1

In case of WMT ,

• P/E is very high but P/S is comparetively supportive in market .
• Last 3 months percentage change is providing advantage to speculators
• 5 year growth produce impressive figure in support of share.
• ATO is positive sign ,

On the market sentiment , we should create Short position in the stock.

In case of TGT .

• P/E is major advantage for investors along with other factors like NPM and 3 month positive change .

These factors indicate a positive sentiment in market about share , we should buy the share.