S&P 500 Stocks With Biggest Gap Between Market Price, Estimate
The following table shows the companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) with the biggest gaps between their stock price and analysts’ average price estimates as of Feb. 24.
The average estimate is based on data compiled by Bloomberg and reflects forecasts for the next 12 months, a period that varies among brokerage firms. Only companies that have at least four analyst target prices are included.
Positive Gap Percentage
# of Last Average 1 Year
Tkr Company Name Gap% Analyst Price Target %Return
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ANR ALPHA NATURAL R 53.8 21 20.31 31.23 -62.83
CNX CONSOL ENERGY 45.9 24 36.24 52.88 -26.44
EA ELECTRONIC ARTS 38.6 15 17.10 23.71 -8.85
ATI ALLEGHENY TECH 38.3 10 44.77 61.90 -29.68
NFX NEWFIELD EXPLOR 36.9 21 36.52 50.00 -45.70
LUV SOUTHWEST AIR 36.7 10 8.90 12.17 -23.98
CLF CLIFFS NATURAL 34.3 13 68.77 92.36 -27.20
HAL HALLIBURTON CO 32.3 26 38.62 51.11 -18.62
QEP QEP RESOURCES I 32.3 11 34.17 45.20 -12.10
IGT INTL GAME TECH 31.9 14 15.24 20.10 -5.64
GT GOODYEAR TIRE 31.2 7 13.25 17.38 -3.22
F FORD MOTOR CO 30.0 10 12.31 16.00 -16.21
S SPRINT NEXTEL C 29.8 18 2.45 3.18 -40.00
GILD GILEAD SCIENCES 28.7 19 44.94 57.86 18.75
BHI BAKER HUGHES IN 26.7 24 52.30 66.24 -24.96
COG CABOT OIL & GAS 26.5 19 35.37 44.75 58.55
GME GAMESTOP CORP-A 26.5 16 23.00 29.09 19.11
MET METLIFE INC 26.2 14 37.89 47.82 -14.73
NEM NEWMONT MINING 25.9 12 62.49 78.66 9.73
R RYDER SYSTEM IN 25.8 10 53.10 66.80 15.61
NRG NRG ENERGY 25.7 8 17.94 22.55 -10.40
WLP WELLPOINT INC 24.9 12 65.87 82.29 3.48
CSX CSX CORP 24.6 21 21.80 27.17 -7.25
HIG HARTFORD FINL S 24.4 11 20.65 25.69 -28.19
C CITIGROUP INC 24.4 19 32.46 40.38 -30.32
RRD RR DONNELLEY & 24.2 5 14.09 17.50 -20.44
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORA 24.1 16 44.54 55.28 -11.33
WU WESTERN UNION 23.8 22 17.83 22.07 -13.26
PWR QUANTA SERVICES 22.8 16 21.31 26.18 -5.97
NBR NABORS INDS LTD 22.8 22 22.52 27.65 -22.34
HRB H&R BLOCK INC 22.8 6 16.29 20.00 18.76
SNDK SANDISK CORP 22.7 18 49.33 60.55 1.47
NSC NORFOLK SOUTHER 22.6 20 70.05 85.86 11.43
EQT EQT CORP 22.2 15 54.02 66.00 13.88
TER TERADYNE INC 22.1 10 16.42 20.04 -7.22
OI OWENS-ILLINOIS 21.6 8 24.85 30.22 -19.23
EXPD EXPEDITORS INTL 21.2 9 43.72 53.00 -8.47
MU MICRON TECH 21.1 20 7.91 9.57 -25.88
JCI JOHNSON CONTROL 20.9 20 33.50 40.50 -14.59
SLM SLM CORP 20.7 6 16.30 19.67 18.74
HES HESS CORP 20.5 12 67.01 80.77 -21.38
DNR DENBURY RESOURC 20.5 15 20.81 25.07 -12.05
KMX CARMAX INC 20.5 12 30.30 36.50 -12.63
DVN DEVON ENERGY CO 19.9 24 75.49 90.52 -15.47
CAH CARDINAL HEALTH 19.9 9 41.85 50.17 4.69
SVU SUPERVALU INC 19.6 13 6.69 8.00 -17.32
AMZN AMAZON.COM INC 19.6 27 180.25 215.55 1.25
CVC CABLEVISION SY- 19.3 14 15.72 18.75 -36.72
ABC AMERISOURCEBERG 19.2 9 37.67 44.92 2.94
X US STEEL CORP 19.0 13 28.57 34.01 -50.33
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE 19.0 25 38.57 45.89 -13.98
Negative Gap Percentage
# of Last Average 1 Year
Tkr Company Name Gap% Analyst Price Target %Return
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FII FEDERATED INV-B -15.9 9 20.93 17.60 -19.47
CSC COMPUTER SCIENC -14.6 8 32.40 27.67 -30.16
CINF CINCINNATI FIN -13.6 5 35.87 31.00 12.75
NFLX NETFLIX INC -13.1 20 112.54 97.75 -46.50
WM WASTE MANAGEMEN -9.8 6 35.61 32.13 -0.98
LXK LEXMARK INTL-A -9.7 7 37.34 33.71 0.51
FAST FASTENAL CO -9.5 4 52.15 47.20 73.00
AEE AMEREN CORP -9.1 4 32.23 29.30 24.74
LMT LOCKHEED MARTIN -8.0 13 90.02 82.80 14.90
JBL JABIL CIRCUIT -6.6 10 26.25 24.50 33.20
JNPR JUNIPER NETWORK -6.3 28 23.68 22.19 -43.27
PSA PUBLIC STORAGE -6.0 15 137.80 129.47 30.97
ISRG INTUITIVE SURGI -5.0 10 512.02 486.36 54.78
HSP HOSPIRA INC -4.7 7 36.19 34.50 -31.10
TRIP TRIPADVISOR INC -4.7 12 30.73 29.30 na
JCP J.C. PENNEY CO -3.8 12 41.90 40.29 20.19
ETFC E*TRADE FINANCI -3.8 11 9.64 9.27 -43.00
BEAM BEAM INC -3.5 9 55.85 53.89 19.61
AIG AMERICAN INTERN -3.2 9 28.71 27.78 -30.03
PHM PULTEGROUP INC -3.2 13 8.76 8.48 22.96
WY WEYERHAEUSER CO -3.1 7 21.17 20.50 -8.67
PLL PALL CORP -2.7 8 63.58 61.86 21.41
GNW GENWORTH FINANC -2.6 6 9.33 9.08 -28.70
CPB CAMPBELL SOUP C -2.3 8 33.87 33.10 2.52
THC TENET HEALTHCAR -2.1 12 5.80 5.68 -18.55
NOC NORTHROP GRUMMA -2.0 13 60.73 59.53 2.44
TEG INTEGRYS ENERGY -2.0 4 54.57 53.50 17.80
ADBE ADOBE SYS INC -2.0 14 33.34 32.69 -1.23
LLY ELI LILLY & CO -1.8 9 39.09 38.38 20.05
MOLX MOLEX INC -1.8 9 27.55 27.05 5.45
VMC VULCAN MATERIAL -1.8 7 46.53 45.71 8.44
ED CONS EDISON INC -1.6 12 58.82 57.87 22.92
BF/B BROWN-FORMAN -B -1.6 7 80.97 79.71 21.43
BCR CR BARD INC -1.5 13 94.07 92.64 -1.59
GPS GAP INC/THE -1.5 21 22.75 22.41 7.85
URBN URBAN OUTFITTER -1.5 25 29.73 29.30 -20.79
CERN CERNER CORP -1.2 10 73.70 72.83 51.70
DO DIAMOND OFFSHOR -1.1 26 67.74 67.00 -6.98
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To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alex Tanzi at at atanzi@bloomberg.net
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