The market was set for mild declines to close off the week as the furious February rally was set to take a breather. The Dow Jones dropped 30 points, the S&P 500 fell 0.2%, and the Nasdaq NDAQ declined 0.2%. In the previous session, both the S&P and Nasdaq reached record closing highs. Not one single catalyst sent the markets down on Friday outside of possibly overheating. The indices are still on pace to post a positive week near record highs, and in the grand scheme of things, this cool-down period isn’t much. Optimism still remains thanks to earnings, stimulus, and an improving vaccine/COVID trend. The deep learning algorithms at Q.ai have crunched the data to give you a set of Top Shorts. Our Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) systems assessed each firm on parameters of Technicals, Growth, Low Volatility Momentum, and Quality Value to find the best short plays.
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Greenbrier Cos Inc (The) (GBX)
Greenbrier Cos Inc is today’s first Top Short. Greenbrier Cos is heavily involved in the railroad industry, and builds, leases, repairs, supplies, and manages railcars in North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Our AI systems rated the company D in Technicals, F in Growth, D in Low Volatility Momentum, and C in Quality Value. The stock closed down 1.27% to $43.5 on volume of 255,552 vs its 10-day price average of $40.33 and its 22-day price average of $38.21, and is up 23.72% for the year. Revenue was $2792.19M in the last fiscal year compared to $2519.46M three years ago, Operating Income was $148.43M in the last fiscal year compared to $208.62M three years ago, EPS was $1.46 in the last fiscal year compared to $4.68 three years ago, and ROE was 5.88% in the last year compared to 13.09% three years ago. Forward 12M Revenue is expected to grow by 11.22% over the next 12 months, and the stock is trading with a Forward 12M P/E of 59.75.
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Mosaic Co (MOS)
Our second Top Short today is Mosaic Co. Mosaic is a mining and materials company, and is the largest producer of potash and phosphate fertilizer in the entire U.S. Our AI systems rated the company D in Technicals, F in Growth, F in Low Volatility Momentum, and F in Quality Value. The stock closed down 0.14% to $27.85 on volume of 4,688,328 vs its 10-day price average of $27.56 and its 22-day price average of $27.89, and is up 17.66% for the year. Revenue grew by 12.03% over the last three fiscal years and was $8906.3M in the last fiscal year compared to $7409.4M three years ago. Operating Income was $400.4M in the last fiscal year compared to $440.2M three years ago, EPS was $(2.78) in the last fiscal year compared to $(0.31) three years ago, and ROE was (10.92%) in the last year compared to (1.08%) three years ago. Forward 12M Revenue is expected to grow by 11.73% over the next 12 months, and the stock is trading with a Forward 12M P/E of 19.03.
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Seaworld Entertainment Inc (SEAS)
Seaworld Entertainment Inc SEAS is our next Top Short for the second day in a row. Seaworld Entertainment is best known for its theme parks and water parks, most notably SeaWorld SEAS and Busch Gardens. The company owns and operates twelve locations in the United States. Our AI systems rated Seaworld Entertainment C in Technicals, F in Growth, D in Low Volatility Momentum, and D in Quality Value. The stock closed down 1.4% to $33.12 on volume of 723,494 vs its 10-day price average of $32.8 and its 22-day price average of $31.22, and is up 9.27% for the year. Revenue was $1398.24M in the last fiscal year compared to $1263.32M three years ago, Operating Income was $273.38M in the last fiscal year compared to $80.97M three years ago, EPS was $1.1 in the last fiscal year compared to $(2.36) three years ago, and ROE was 37.59% in the last year compared to (54.06%) three years ago. Forward 12M Revenue is also expected to grow by 111.69% over the next 12 months.
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Scientific Games Corp (SGMS)
Scientific Games Corp SGMS is our next Top Short today. Scientific Games provides gambling products and services to lottery and gambling organizations globally. Our AI systems rated the company A in Technicals, D in Growth, D in Low Volatility Momentum, and F in Quality Value. The stock closed down 1.03% to $45.36 on volume of 488,981 vs its 10-day price average of $43.98 and its 22-day price average of $44.14, and is up 14.92% for the year. Revenue was $3400.0M in the last fiscal year compared to $3084.0M three years ago, Operating Income was $583.0M in the last fiscal year compared to $440.0M three years ago, and EPS was $(1.4) in the last fiscal year compared to $(2.72) three years ago. Forward 12M Revenue is also expected to grow by 12.45% over the next 12 months.
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Western Digital Corp (WDC)
Computing company Western Digital WDC is our final Top Short today. Western Digital is best known for designing, manufacturing, and selling data technology products such as storage devices, data center systems, and cloud storage services. Out AI systems rated the company F in Technicals, D in Growth, D in Low Volatility Momentum, and F in Quality Value. The stock closed up 5.91% to $63.96 on volume of 7,114,173 vs its 10-day price average of $59.68 and its 22-day price average of $55.22, and is up 22.46% for the year. Operating Income grew by 85.33% in the last fiscal year, while EPS grew by -165.94% in the last fiscal year. Revenue was $16736.0M in the last fiscal year compared to $20647.0M three years ago, Operating Income was $368.0M in the last fiscal year compared to $3830.0M three years ago, EPS was $(0.84) in the last fiscal year compared to $2.2 three years ago, and ROE was (2.56%) in the last year compared to 5.88% three years ago. Forward 12M Revenue is expected to grow by 8.61% over the next 12 months, and the stock is trading with a Forward 12M P/E of 13.5.
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