Below are the price projections based on analyst earnings estimates for our recent U.S. Dividend Watch List dated March 4, 2016. These estimates project the price change for the respective stocks over the next 12 months and the risk profiles associated with the estimates.
Overall, we believe that the majority of analysts succumb to group think and therefore are either too optimistic or too negative on stocks at the extremes of the spectrum. With this in mind, we’d start any assessment of potential stock purchases in the “high risk” profile and through a process of elimination (fundamental and technical analysis) work our way to the “high expectation, low returns” stocks.