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the Death List  

High Risk Stocks

The Death List includes two stock portfolios that we think are risky business. Of course, we don’t know for sure that they’re heading down; so don’t sell them short based on our opinion. However, you might want to do a little extra due diligence if you own them. 

Death List #1: Death by Debt

These firms have built up debt levels that could be a drag on earnings and cash flow for years to come. Among other factors, we've employed these two financial strength tests to pinpoint our list of potential underperformers. 

Leverage Ratio: total assets divided by shareholders’ equity. A firm with no debt would have a leverage ratio of one, and the higher the debt, the higher the ratio.

Interest Coverage: amount of annual interest covered by a cash flow measure (EBITDA). A ratio of 1.0 means that annual interest and EBITDA are equal. Ratios of 4.0 or higher reflect solid balance sheets. Negative ratios reflect negative cash flow.

Optimum Hold Period: 4 Weeks

   

Recent
Price

Interest
Coverage

Leverage
Ratio

ARAY

Accuray  

3.97

0.7

8.5

ADMA

ADMA Biologics  

4.60

-9.4

7.8

AMBC

Ambac Financial Group

16.09

0.4

9.3

AMRX

Amneal Pharmaceuticals  

8.29

-0.1

9.3

AP

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp

4.47

-0.6

7.3

RKDA

Arcadia Biosciences  

5.20

-0.5

34.7

ARCT

Arcturus Therapeutics  

6.45

-17.3

7.0

EQH

AXA Equitable Holdings  

21.52

0.5

17.8

BCRX

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals

3.32

-17.0

6.3

BCLI

Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics  

3.70

-49.8

36.4

BKD

Brookdale Senior Living

6.52

0.3

8.3

CWH

Camping World Holdings  

11.00

0.6

99.9

CSU

Capital Senior Living

3.77

0.1

39.6

CVNA

Carvana

59.39

-4.3

24.4

CASA

Casa Systems  

6.06

-3.9

6.8

CVM

CEL-SCI Corporation

4.74

-3.0

25.9

CTRC

Centric Brands  

3.57

-0.7

99.9

CLF

Cleveland-Cliffs  

9.31

0.0

12.6

CLVS

Clovis Oncology  

16.74

-22.5

10.5

COHN

Cohen & Company

5.60

0.0

99.9

CNR

Cornerstone Building Brands

5.62

-0.2

6.2

CYTK

Cytokinetics

10.05

-5.1

58.9

DERM

Dermira

9.95

-29.7

6.2

DVAX

Dynavax Technologies

5.78

-18.7

6.9

ELGX

Endologix

6.66

-1.1

14.9

FAT

FAT Brands  

4.60

0.6

11.6

FRTA

Forterra Inc

5.03

-0.4

19.8

GHL

Greenhill & Co.

16.45

-2.4

13.7

GWGH

GWG Holdings  

13.98

0.5

7.4

ICAD

iCAD Inc

6.34

-0.4

7.3

LJPC

La Jolla Pharmaceutical  

5.50

-14.7

16.6

LKSD

LSC Communications  

5.34

0.1

12.7

MAT

Mattel

10.94

-2.6

9.8

MAXR

Maxar Technologies  

7.63

0.3

8.8

MDR

McDermott International  

6.22

0.9

14.8

MRIC

MRI Interventions

3.26

-3.8

17.2

NTRA

Natera  

22.83

-11.7

52.4

OMN

OMNOVA Solutions  

6.11

0.0

10.2

OMI

Owens & Minor

3.48

0.7

7.7

PRTK

Paratek Pharmaceuticals  

4.18

-14.6

17.0

PKD

Parker Drilling  

19.13

0.9

6.5

PTLA

Portola Pharmaceuticals  

30.44

-15.5

8.3

DTIL

Precision BioSciences  

13.73

-1.6

15.4

PRO

PROS Holdings

52.95

-3.1

14.6

QUAD

Quad/Graphics

9.27

0.5

6.5

RDUS

Radius Health  

21.11

-7.7

9.5

RPD

Rapid7  

52.12

-5.6

6.3

RAD

Rite Aid

7.34

0.3

6.4

BID

Sothebys

37.80

-0.3

6.0

TEN

Tenneco  

10.83

0.7

8.4

TSLA

Tesla  

190.63

-4.4

6.3

VSLR

Vivint Solar  

6.78

-2.0

9.3

Dividend Death List

Riskiest High Dividend Stocks

DividendDetective.com

 

Death List #2: Too Hot Not to Cool Down

Have these overpriced stocks have gone too far, too fast? This list comes from a screen inspired by a series of occasional articles spotlighting overpriced stocks published by Barron’s in the mid-90s. The screen searches out stocks that are overvalued by a variety of measures, and have already recorded strong results over the past 52 weeks.

Optimum Hold Period: 12 Months

   

Price

TFY
P/E
P/Sales P/Bk

AYX

Alteryx 

86.29

195.9

17.7

16.5

ARWR

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals 

24.04

30.4

11.8

11.3

BAND

Bandwidth 

76.75

 

8.3

6.7

CVSI

CV Sciences 

4.90

42.6

8.1

15.6

CYBR

Cyberark Software 

133.91

62.4

13.1

9.8

ETSY

Etsy 

64.71

86.9

11.5

18.5

PAYC

Paycom Software 

208.23

63.3

15.2

30.0

PAYS

Paysign 

9.84

46.9

16.0

43.0

TTD

Trade Desk 

195.90

68.0

18.0

20.3

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