Below are the Nasdaq 100 companies that are within 20% of the 52-week low. This list is strictly for the purpose of researching whether or not the companies have viable business models. Although these companies are very risky, based on the current price they are at reasonable values and offer significant opportunity to outperform the market in the coming year.
| Symbol | Name | Price | P/E | EPS | Yield | P/B | % from Low |
| RIMM | Research In Motion | 25 | 3.97 | 6.3 | 0.00% | 1.38 | 0.77% |
| YHOO | Yahoo! Inc. | 13.1 | 14.79 | 0.89 | 0.00% | 1.38 | 1.24% |
| QGEN | Qiagen N.V. | 16.94 | 29.21 | 0.58 | 0.00% | 1.57 | 2.17% |
| AKAM | Akamai Technologies | 24.22 | 25.63 | 0.95 | 0.00% | 2.02 | 2.45% |
| LLTC | Linear Technology | 29.3 | 12.42 | 2.36 | 3.20% | 17.06 | 2.99% |
| TEVA | Teva Pharmaceutical | 46.64 | 12.54 | 3.72 | 1.70% | 1.8 | 3.97% |
| FSLR | First Solar, Inc. | 118.23 | 16.87 | 7.01 | 0.00% | 2.84 | 6.13% |
| LIFE | Life Technologies | 45.03 | 22.45 | 2.01 | 0.00% | 1.87 | 6.20% |
| PCAR | PACCAR Inc. | 42.81 | 21.73 | 1.97 | 1.70% | 2.67 | 7.64% |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 15.97 | 12.47 | 1.28 | 1.50% | 1.87 | 8.05% |
| AMGN | Amgen Inc. | 54.7 | 11.37 | 4.81 | 0.00% | 2 | 8.83% |
| ADBE | Adobe Systems | 27.71 | 14.84 | 1.87 | 0.00% | 2.57 | 8.88% |
| SPLS | Staples, Inc. | 16.06 | 13.05 | 1.23 | 2.50% | 1.57 | 8.88% |
| INFY | Infosys Limited | 62.22 | 22.88 | 2.72 | 1.40% | 5.69 | 9.68% |
| WCRX | Warner Chilcott plc | 21.02 | 32.9 | 0.64 | 0.00% | N/A | 10.57% |
| VRSN | VeriSign, Inc. | 31.21 | 6.66 | 4.69 | 0.00% | 9.89 | 12.27% |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. | 14.82 | 11.73 | 1.26 | 0.00% | 1.87 | 12.53% |
| CHRW | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 72.31 | 28.92 | 2.5 | 1.60% | 9.29 | 13.34% |
| ATVI | Activision Blizzard, Inc | 11.84 | 27.41 | 0.43 | 1.40% | 1.34 | 13.85% |
| FLIR | FLIR Systems, Inc. | 27.46 | 20.95 | 1.31 | 0.90% | 2.72 | 14.42% |
| PAYX | Paychex, Inc. | 28.23 | 19.88 | 1.42 | 4.40% | 6.86 | 14.52% |
| LRCX | Lam Research Corporation | 40.88 | 6.96 | 5.88 | 0.00% | 2.28 | 15.51% |
| MU | Micron Technology, Inc. | 7.37 | 11.66 | 0.63 | 0.00% | 0.87 | 15.88% |
| SHLD | Sears Holdings | 69.67 | N/A | -0.49 | 0.00% | 0.91 | 15.88% |
| URBN | Urban Outfitters, Inc. | 32.54 | 21.32 | 1.53 | 0.00% | 3.96 | 16.38% |
| FFIV | F5 Networks, Inc. | 93.48 | 34.38 | 2.72 | 0.00% | 6.53 | 16.85% |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 27.4 | 10.19 | 2.69 | 2.30% | 4.07 | 17.50% |
| NIHD | NII Holdings, Inc. | 42.35 | 18.76 | 2.26 | 0.00% | 2.04 | 19.13% |
| AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | 12.32 | 10.36 | 1.19 | 2.60% | 2.01 | 19.96% |
Watch List Performance Review
In our ongoing review of the Nasdaq 100 Watch List, we have taken the top five stocks on our list from July 30, 2010 and have checked their performance one year later. The top five companies on that list can be seen in the table below.
| Symbol | Name | 2010 | 2011 |
% change
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| SYMC | Symantec Corp. | 12.97 | 19.06 |
46.95%
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| AMAT | Applied Materials | 11.80 | 12.32 |
4.41%
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| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp. | 9.19 | 13.83 |
50.49%
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| TEVA | Teva Pharma. | 48.85 | 46.64 |
-4.52%
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| PAYX | Paychex, Inc. | 25.99 | 28.23 |
8.62%
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| Average gain |
21.19%
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| ^NDX | Nasdaq 100 | 1864.00 | 2362.81 |
26.76%
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