Currently, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (NYSE:MTU) has a Hold using the Portfolio Grader stock evaluator, which incorporates Louis Navellier's investing methodology. MTU has maintained this ranking for 4 months.
The company is a member of the 343 company Banks GICS industry group, which is a segment of the 766 company GICS Financials sector. MTU's market value is $90.6 billion which falls in the top decile in its industry group Portfolio Grader's current ranking for MTU puts it 121 among the 343 companies in this industry group, placing it in the top half.
The Financials sector is ranked number 7 among the 12 sectors in the Portfolio Grader universe putting it in the third quartile of all the GICS sectors. The Banks industry group is ranked 37 among the 69 industry groups within the GICS sectors, placing it below-average in terms of the Navellier scoring system.
Within the Portfolio Grader stock ranking system Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has attained above-average scores in 6 of the 8 fundamental metrics used by Portfolio Grader and average or below-average scores in 2 of the areas evaluated in the ranking of company stocks.
MTU's operational scores provide mixed results with rankings for operating margin and earnings growth that are well above average, while the score for sales growth is below average. Scores for visibility of earnings are superior with a ranking for earnings revisions, earnings surprises and earnings momentum that are discernibly better than average. MTU's metric for cash flow is better than its industry group average but its ranking for return on equity is below-average. These fundamental scores give Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group a position in the top decile of the industry group.
Portfolio Grader uses the Navellier Proprietary Quantitative Score to gauge MTU's shares from the aspect of risk/reward. This proprietary scoring approach weighs the relative value of MTU's shares based on the current price of the shares relative to its peers, the market and risk associated with its industry and sector groups. Using this risk/reward calculation, the company currently scores as average in its industry group compared to its peers.
Louis Navellier's proprietary Portfolio Grader 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.
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