I'm a few days late, but I thought I'd share our Manifest Sweet 16 for February:

Overall Market Expectations

The median projected annual return (MIPAR) for all 2800+ stocks followed by MANIFEST (Solomon database) is 12.6% (1/31/2008.) The multi-decade range for this indicator has been 8-20%.

Worth a Closer Look Now

Despite relaxing the financial strength criteria to 70% (B++) only (14) companies qualified under the criteria used this month.

The highest-rated companies based on a ranking including (but not limited to) PAR and quality rating are Buffalo Wild Wings, Accenture and FactSet Research.

The lowest price-to-fair value ratio among the Sweet "16" for S&P is Garmin (75.6%). The lowest price-to-fair value ratio according to Morningstar is Accenture at 65%. Only 1-of-the-14 (Accenture) have Strong Buy ratings from either S&P or Morningstar. The favorite among the CAPS All-Stars is Healthextras with a CASPI rating of 100.0%. All (85) of these CAPS leaders expect HLEX to outperform the S&P 500. The average price-to-fair value ratio for the Sweet "16" now stands at 96%.

Lowest relative strength index: Chicago Bridge & Iron is potentially "over sold."

Highest "buying pressure": It may be Super Bowl related, but Companias Cervecarias (CU) has the highest money flow characteristic. While the Clydesdales and Dalmations square off in the annual Super Bowl advertising slugfest, it may be that our sudsy attention should be focused south of the border?

...

Full Article and Sweet 16 Table

Kurt Kowitz, Manifest Investing