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Commentary ● July 29

Identifying Bargain Stocks Using Kirkpatrick's Process

Michael Rose

This week, we cover the bargain stock-picking strategy used by Charles Kirkpatrick and give you a list of stocks currently passing the AAII Kirkpatrick Bargain screen. The Kirkpatrick Bargain approach is a purely mechanical process that depends on facts instead of predictions to help investors avoid their own biases that ultimately cost them money.

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Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.	NUS	0.32
Regis Corporation	RGS	0.36
Imperial Petroleum Inc.	IMPP	0.40
StealthGas Inc.	GASS	0.48
Pyxis Tankers Inc.	PXS	0.52

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John Neff was the manager of the Vanguard Windsor Fund for more than three decades. While widely considered a value and contrarian investor, Neff referred to his investing style as a low price-to-earnings (P/E) methodology. From 1964 to 1995, Neff guided Windsor to a 13.7% average annual return, easily outpacing the S&P 500's 10.6% percent return during that time. A $10,000 investment in Windsor (with dividends reinvested) at the start of Neff's tenure would have ended up as more than $564,000 by the time he retired, more than twice what the same investment in the S&P would have yielded.

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Farmers National Banc Corp.	FMNB	0.51
Fulton Financial Corporation	FULT	0.52
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc.	AVAH	0.53
Maximus, Inc.	MMS	0.61
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COMPANY NAME	TICKER	VALUE		GROWTH		MOMENTUM		EPS REV		QUALITY		SECTOR
COMPANY NAME	TICKER	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	SECTOR
AerCap Holdings N.V.	AER	84	A	89	A	68	B	84	A	91	A	Industrials
Cabot Corporation	CBT	74	B	77	B	63	B	71	B	91	A	Materials
Centene Corporation	CNC	93	A	89	A	91	A	85	A	73	B	Health Care
Constellium SE	CSTM	88	A	77	B	82	A	94	A	85	A	Materials
Dollar General Corporation	DG	61	B	78	B	68	B	64	B	84	A	Consumer Staples

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COMPANY NAME	TICKER	VALUE		GROWTH		MOMENTUM		EPS REV		QUALITY		SECTOR
COMPANY NAME	TICKER	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	SECTOR
AC Immune SA	ACIU	7	F	4	F	37	D	25	D	3	F	Health Care
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.	AKBA	26	D	4	F	12	F	15	F	39	D	Health Care
Ares Management Corporation	ARES	6	F	26	D	27	D	18	F	23	D	Financials
Autolus Therapeutics plc	AUTL	25	D	18	F	23	D	21	D	5	F	Health Care
AeroVironment, Inc.	AVAV	16	F	32	D	16	F	33	D	13	F	Industrials

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adidas AG	ADDYY	NA ▲	D ▲	C ▲	NA ▼	A ▲	Consumer Discretionary
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Adient plc	ADNT	A ▲	C ▲	D ▼	C ▼	B ▲	Consumer Discretionary
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