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Chicago, IL – August 04, 2016 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (SBS),Silicon Motion Technology Corp. (SIMO),AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (AU), Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR) and Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited ( HMY).
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Here are highlights from Wednesday’s Analyst Blog:
5 Stocks to Buy on Rebounding Emerging Markets
An all-time favorite of investors, emerging markets had fallen out of favor recently. Years of high growth was displaced by gloom in the wake of the crisis of 2008. Several reasons were responsible for this; key among them were the plunge in commodity prices, weak export growth and political instability.
For instance, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index had lost 11% since the second half of 2011. This is in sharp contrast to the 49% surge experienced by developed markets. However, the surprise Brexit verdict has turned things around completely.
In fact, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has gained more than 10% since the end of June, exceeding developed countries’ performance by 3.1%. Adding stocks from emerging markets would make for a smart choice at this point.
China’s Growth Stabilizes, Commodity Prices Recover
The health of China’s economy is crucial to the performance of emerging markets as a whole. With a GDP of nearly $11 trillion, it is equivalent in size to all the 10 other emerging markets, which come next, taken together. In spite of the slump in the economy, some promising signs are visible on the horizon.
The recent reading of 6.7% growth in second quarter GDP indicates that the Chinese economy is stabilizing due to its government’s efforts. Additionally, the country is slowly transforming into a consumer driven economy from one dominated by the industrial sector.
Meanwhile, a rebound in commodities has provided further respite to emerging market investors. Material prices are not surging, but the 20% increase in the Bloomberg Commodity spot index from the levels experienced in January has removed a major obstacle to the success of emerging markets. At the same time, prices remain within a reasonable range which means demand is unlikely to be hugely impacted.
Emerging Markets Likely to Grow Faster
Traditionally, emerging markets have always grown at a faster pace compared to developed economies. In 2015, growth in these countries, however, exceeded developed countries’ growth by only 3%. This is nearly half the rate experienced around six years ago. Having said that, growth is likely to pick up this year with the gap widening consequently.
This is particularly true for countries recovering from a recession, such as, Brazil and Russia. Indexes of manufacturing and services are already improving, with several of these gauges already hovering above 50, which indicates expansion is occurring. Brazil has just elected a president who is likely to improve the investor climate.
Profits Set to Grow, U.S. Interest Rates Remain Low
Stabilization in the most popular metric of company profitability, namely, earnings per share is occurring across emerging markets. These had fallen by more than 33% from levels last seen more than four years ago. This in turn has fuelled the recent rally across most emerging equity markets. At the same time, valuations remain low providing further impetus for growth in prices if profits increase.
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise rates due to concerns over the fallout of the Brexit vote. This in turn has led to a rise in emerging market currencies versus the dollar. Stronger currencies help to curb inflation, eliminating the need for rate hikes which stall growth.
Our Choices
Several factors are contributing to the resurgence of emerging markets and their prospects continue to improve. It seems that the traditional trend where they outperform developed countries on both the growth and company earnings front is likely to return.
This is why it makes good sense to pick emerging market stocks at this time. It is also important to pick winning stocks.
This is where our VGM score comes in. Here V stands for Value, G for Growth and M for Momentum and the score is a weighted combination of these three scores. Such a score allows you to eliminate the negative aspects of stocks and select winners. However, it is important to keep in mind that each Style Score will carry a different weight while arriving at a VGM score.
We have narrowed down our search to the following stocks based on a good Zacks Rank and VGM score.
Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (SBS) or SABESP provides public water and sewage services in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, which includes Sao Paulo, one of the largest cities in the world.
SABESP has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and a VGM Score of B. The company has expected earnings growth of more than 100% for the current year. The forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio for the current financial year (F1) is 13.10, lower than the industry average of 25.06.
Silicon Motion Technology Corp. (SIMO) is a leading developer of microcontroller ICs for NAND flash storage devices and specialty RF ICs for mobile devices based in Taiwan.
Silicon Motion Technology has a Zacks Rank #1 and a VGM Score of B. The company has expected earnings growth of 52.2% for the current year. Its earnings estimate for the current year has improved by 17.7% over the last 30 days.
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (AU) is based in South Africa and involved in gold exploration and mining activities.
AngloGold has a Zacks Rank #1 and a VGM Score of A. The company has expected earnings growth of more than 100% for the current year. It has a P/E (F1) of 20.60 as compared to the industry average of 28.80. Its earnings estimate for the current year has improved by 32.5% over the last 30 days.
Fibria Celulose S.A. (FBR) is a Brazil-based paper product company which produces bleached eucalyptus pulp exclusively from renewable plantation.
Fibria Celulose has a Zacks Rank #1 and a VGM Score of B. The company has expected earnings growth of more than 100% for the current year. It has a P/E (F1) of 4.46 as compared to the industry average of 13.08. Its earnings estimate for the current year has improved by 22.7% over the last 30 days.
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY) is based in Randfontein, South Africa and conducts underground and surface gold mining.
Harmony Gold has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) and a VGM Score of A. The forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio for the current financial year (F1) is 6.35, lower than the industry average of 28.80. Its earnings estimate for the current year has improved by 82.9% over the last 30 days.
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