5 Stocks With Bad Analyst Earnings Revisions — RENT VTNC DVR EQU CWST

by Portfolio Grader | November 2, 2012 5:15 pm

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

Rentrak Corp. (NASDAQ:RENT[2]) is an information management company serving the media, entertainment, retail, advertising and manufacturing industries. RENT also gets F’s in Earnings Growth and Equity. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of RENT stock[3].

Vitran (NASDAQ:VTNC[4]) provides freight surface transportation and related supply chain services in Canada and the United States. VTNC also gets F’s in Earnings Momentum, Equity, and Cash Flow. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of VTNC stock[5].

Cal Dive (NYSE:DVR[6]) is a marine contracting company that provides manned diving, pipelay and pipe burial, platform installation, and platform salvage services to the offshore oil and natural gas industry. DVR gets F’s in Earnings Momentum, Equity, Cash Flow, and Sales Growth as well. The price of DVR is down 45.3% since the first of the year. This is worse than the S&P 500, which has seen a 13.5% increase over the same period. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of DVR stock[7].

Equal Energy (NYSE:EQU[8]) acquires, drills, operates, and exploits oil and natural gas wells in Western Canada. EQU gets F’s in Equity and Cash Flow as well. Shares of the stock have declined 20% since January 1. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of EQU stock[9].

Casella Waste Systems (NASDAQ:CWST[10]) provides resource management expertise and services related to solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling to residential, commercial, municipal, and industrial customers. CWST also gets F’s in Earnings Growth, Earnings Momentum, Equity, and Cash Flow. Since January 1, CWST has fallen 29.4%. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of CWST 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. RENT: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=RENT
  3. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of RENT stock: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=RENT
  4. VTNC: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=VTNC
  5. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of VTNC stock: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=VTNC
  6. DVR: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=DVR
  7. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of DVR stock: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=DVR
  8. EQU: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=EQU
  9. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of EQU stock: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=EQU
  10. CWST: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=CWST
  11. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of CWST stock: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/stock-report.html?t=CWST
  12. here: https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/portfolio-grader/

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