5 Stocks With Crummy Earnings Surprises — RCL MERC CIA EROC IIIN

by Portfolio Grader | October 11, 2012 10:26 am

This week, these five stocks have the worst ratings in Earnings Surprises, one of the eight Fundamental Categories on Portfolio Grader[1].

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL[2]) owns five brands in the cruise vacation industry. RCL also gets an F in Earnings Growth. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of RCL stock[3].

Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC[4]) owns and operates three modern pulp mills. MERC also gets F’s in Earnings Growth, Earnings Momentum, Analyst Earnings Revisions, Operating Margin Growth, and Sales Growth. The stock’s trailing PE Ratio is 39.1. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of MERC stock[5].

Citizens Inc. (NYSE:CIA[6]) provides life and health insurance products, including ordinary whole-life policies and endowment policies. CIA also gets F’s in Earnings Growth, Analyst Earnings Revisions, and Operating Margin Growth. The stock currently has a trailing PE Ratio of 95. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of CIA stock[7].

Eagle Rock Energy (NASDAQ:EROC[8]) engages in gathering, compressing, treating, processing, transporting, marketing, and trading natural gas, as well as fractionating and transporting natural gas liquids. EROC gets F’s in Earnings Momentum, Cash Flow, and Sales Growth as well. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of EROC stock[9].

Insteel Industries (NASDAQ:IIIN[10]) manufactures and markets wire products. IIIN also gets F’s in Earnings Growth, Earnings Momentum, and Analyst Earnings Revisions. The stock has a trailing PE Ratio of 108.2. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of IIIN stock[11].

Louis Navellier’s proprietary Portfolio Grader[1] stock ranking system assesses roughly 5,000 companies every week based on a number of fundamental and quantitative measures. Stocks are given a letter grade based on their results — with A being “strong buy,” and F being “strong sell.” Explore the tool here[12].

Endnotes:

  1. Portfolio Grader: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/
  2. RCL: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=RCL
  3. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of RCL stock: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=RCL
  4. MERC: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=MERC
  5. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of MERC stock: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=MERC
  6. CIA: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=CIA
  7. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of CIA stock: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=CIA
  8. EROC: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=EROC
  9. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of EROC stock: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=EROC
  10. IIIN: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=IIIN
  11. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of IIIN stock: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=IIIN
  12. here: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/

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