gRANK stuff

gRANK ... and its relations, as of April 23, 2005

Once upon a time I looked at various financial ratios, trying to determine which of the DOW-30 would be the best bet for the near future.

>That was here, right?
Yes. So I figured I'd check in every once in a while ... and here's the latest:

Stock P/E PEG M/E 1000gPEG gNUM gRANK Stock P/E PEG M/E 1000gPEG gNUM gRANK
GE 22.0 1.8 28.6 25.4 1343 2015 MSFT 27.2 1.8 17.9 25.6 4145 -2240
WMT 19.4 1.1 10.6 15.7 892 636 C 14.9 1.0 ?? 13.6 740 ??
XOM 15.3 2.0 7.1 27.8 508 103 INTC 18.7 1.2 11.9 16.4 5140 1586
IBM 15.2 1.5 12.7 21.6 2026 1502 JNJ 24.2 1.8 12.7 25.6 997 386
PG 21.4 1.8 12.6 25.2 1925 544 KO 21.6 2.5 15.5 35.3 1611 870
MO 13.6 1.4 9.8 19.9 1794 -731 MRK 12.8 3.5 9.2 48.8 3005 -539
HD 16.0 1.0 8.6 13.7 1435 782 SBC 15.5 2.9 7.6 40.7 3449 -296
JPM 20.5 1.2 ?? 16.5 2169 ?? HPQ 17.8 1.4 11.7 19.4 4483 1012
MMM 19.9 1.7 11.1 23.6 713 194 AXP 18.3 1.3 15.2 17.7 1069 852
DIS 24.0 1.6 12.1 22.2 1891 171 DD 27.2 1.7 25.4 24.6 1205 212
UTX 18.0 1.5 10.0 21.6 1865 672 MCD 16.7 1.8 9.7 25.3 1916 188
BA 25.8 1.9 16.4 27.3 3182 168 AA N/A 1.5 ?? 20.9 2413 ??
CAT 14.5 1.1 12.6 14.8 1226 172 HON 23.1 1.5 12.0 21.1 4309 -10818
GM N/A 37.2 ?? 525.2 56200 ?? IP 34.6 3.5 9.5 49.2 3591 -87
T N/A 1.2 -3.4 16.4 4795 31 EK 97.7 2.3 10.4 32.8 4787 195

Rating P/E PEG M/E gPEG gNUM gRANK
Best T C T C XOM T

>As I recall, you pick the smallest values, not the biggest, right?
Well, the smallest positive values.

>So you're going to buy XOM or T?
Of course not! This is just entertainment

>And T has gRANK = 31. That's the best, right?
Among the DOW 30. But other stocks may have smaller (positive) values.
For example, ATYT has gRANK = 28 (as of mid-May, 2005).

>And I suppose ATYT has been going up for months, like XOM and T, right?
Wrong:

>You realize, of course, that AT&T is no longer on the DOW?
Huh? Who told you that?

>Fred.
A^AR_{_G}H!

Okay, here's the new list (as of mid-May, 2005 ... in alphabetical order):

Stock P/E PEG M/E 1000gPEG gNUM gRANK Stock P/E PEG M/E 1000gPEG gNUM gRANK
AA N/A 1.4 ?? 17.1 1030 ?? AIG 13.0 0.8 ?? 10.1 1878 ??
AXP 18.9 1.3 15.1 16.2 1053 793 BA 29.2 2.0 17.5 24.4 1518 84
C 15.4 1.0 ?? 12.2 256 ?? CAT 15.2 1.1 12.9 13.5 4830 670
DD 22.8 1.7 18.7 21.0 2252 299 DIS 22.9 1.7 11.6 20.8 925 75
GE 22.8 1.9 25.1 22.9 2001 2563 GM N/A N/A ?? ?? ?? ??
HD 16.9 1.1 9.9 13.0 1336 781 HON 23.8 1.5 12.2 18.8 1324 -3331
HPQ 18.6 1.5 12.1 18.6 2219 474 IBM 15.7 1.6 8.8 19.5 1892 944
INTC 21.2 1.3 13.6 16.1 2410 758 JNJ 22.6 1.9 12.0 23.0 6087 2165
JPM 29.7 1.2 ?? 14.7 508 ?? KO 23.1 2.5 16.7 31.3 2164 1239
MCD 15.8 1.9 9.7 23.3 2265 212 MMM 19.9 1.7 10.5 20.4 1143 298
MO 14.3 1.5 10.3 18.1 1779 -734 MRK 13.1 6.6 7.6 81.0 7012 -549
MSFT 25.0 1.9 15.5 23.6 3150 -1395 PFE 23.3 1.9 12.2 23.7 3131 104
PG 21.7 1.8 12.5 22.8 2148 584 SBC 19.8 2.7 7.8 33.6 7866 -733
UTX 18.6 1.4 10.2 17.7 2163 855 VZ 12.5 3.0 4.8 37.6 3137 32
WMT 19.0 1.1 10.4 13.7 4589 3203 XOM 12.6 1.6 5.9 19.9 3322 679

and the "best":

Rating P/E PEG M/E gPEG gNUM gRANK
Best VZ AIG VZ AIG C VZ

>I notice that you've picked EK and T in the past ... and now they're both gone from the DOW.
Yes, they were dropped a year ago, but ...
>And the gRANK of those that are left have changed muchly, over the last month.
Yes, but ...
>Yet, you think this gRANK stuff is a good indicator, eh?
We'll see ...