LONDON -- The FTSE 100 has risen by 25% over the last year, and many top shares are beginning to look quite expensive.
I'm on the hunt for companies that still look cheap, based on their long-term earnings potential. To help me hunt down these bargains, I'm using a special version of the price to earnings ratio called the PE10, which is one of my favorite tools for value investing.
The PE10 compares the current share price with average earnings per share for the last 10 years. This smoothes out any short-term volatility and lets you see whether a company looks cheap compared to its long-term earnings.
Today, I'm going to take a look at the PE10 for the oil and gas supermajor�Royal Dutch Shell (LSE: RDSB ) (NYSE: RDS-B )
Is Shell a buy?
Over the last year, Shell's share price has risen by just 8.8%, leaving it well behind the FTSE 100, which has gained nearly 25%. However, as the largest company in the FTSE 100 -- with a market capitalization of 拢279 billion -- Shell's main purpose is to generate a reliable dividend income for its shareholders, not capital growth.
10 Best Healthcare Technology Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Provident Financial(PFG.L)
Provident Financial plc provides personal credit products to the non-standard lending market in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It offers home credit loans, including small and unsecured loans under the Provident Personal Credit and Greenwood Personal Credit brands, as well as shop cards and shopping vouchers; direct repayment loans under the Real Personal Finance brand; and credit cards. The company?s home credit is used for various events, such as Christmas, weddings, and birthdays, as well as to cope with an unexpected bill. It sells its products primarily through agents, Internet, and direct mail. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Bradford, the United Kingdom.
10 Best Healthcare Technology Stocks To Invest In Right Now: United Bancorp Inc.(UBCP)
United Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for The Citizens Savings Bank that provides various commercial and retail banking products and services in the northeastern, eastern, southeastern, and south central Ohio. Its deposit products include interest-bearing deposits, certificates of deposit, demand deposits, savings accounts, NOW accounts, and money market deposits. The company?s loan portfolio comprises commercial, real estate, installment, and consumer loans, as well as letters of credit and lines of credit. It also offers brokerage, night deposit, safe deposit box, and automatic teller machine services. United Bancorp provides banking services through its main office and stand alone operations center in Martins Ferry, Ohio; and 19 branches in Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas, Carroll, Athens, Hocking, and Fairfield counties, as well as in the surrounding localities. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Martins Ferry, Ohio.
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Rugby Mining Limited engages in the identification, acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resource properties. The company primarily explores for porphyry gold-copper, silver, and iron ores. It has options to acquire a 90% interest in the Hawkwood project located in Queensland, Australia; an 80% interest in the Mabuhay project situated in the Philippines; a 60% interest in the Comita project located in the western cordillera of Colombia; and a 100% interest in the Interceptor project situated in Catamarca Province, Argentina. The company was formerly known as Carlyle Mining Corp. and changed its name to Rugby Mining Limited in March 2009. Rugby Mining Limited is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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Risanamento S.p.A. engages in the development and investment of real estate properties in Italy and internationally. Its property portfolio comprises approximately 2,500,000 square meters. The company is based in Milan, Italy.
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Nebu Resources Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resource properties in Canada. It primarily focuses gold and uranium properties. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
10 Best Healthcare Technology Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Echelon Corporation(ELON)
Echelon Corporation develops, markets, and supports energy control networking solutions worldwide. Its solutions enable everyday devices, such as air conditioners, appliances, electricity meters, light switches, thermostats, and valves to be inter-connected; and energy control networking platform powers energy-savings applications for smart grid, smart cities, and smart buildings. The company?s product portfolio includes twisted pair smart transceivers that can be embedded into building automation devices, such as sensors, thermostats, motion detectors, air handlers, and chillers; SmartServer controller, a system manager and field controller for building networks and smart-energy applications; LonWorks control networks software (LNS) and OpenLNS operating system, which are development and integration tools; and third party energy management or grid analytics software, and apps for the SmartServer in hosted or server-based configurations. It also offers PL/RF Bridge to con nect segments of streetlights to a SmartServer; smart meters that provide load profiling, time-of-use, display of energy consumption, and prepaid metering payment capabilities; edge control nodes that connect smart meters and open smart grid protocol (OGSP) -based grid devices; and networked energy system software to retrieve data from smart meters and other OSGP-based devices. In addition, the company provides Element Manager, a browser based software that provides network analysis, graphed statistics, and automated network management; and control point modules that enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to build OSGP compliant smart grid devices. It serves OEMs and systems integrators in the building, industrial, transportation, utility/home, and other automation markets through direct sales organization, electronics representatives, value-added resellers, and distributors. Echelon Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
10 Best Healthcare Technology Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Prudential Financial Inc.(PRU)
Prudential Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers various financial products and services in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. The company operates through three divisions: The U.S. Retirement Solutions and Investment Management, The U.S. Individual Life and Group Insurance, and The International Insurance and Investments. The U.S. Retirement Solutions and Investment Management division provides individual variable and fixed annuity products, as well as offers retirement investment and income products and services to retirement plan sponsors in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. This division also provides investment management and advisory services to the public and private marketplace. The U.S. Individual Life and Group Insurance division offers individual variable life, term life, and universal life insurance products; and group life, long-term and short-term group disability, long-term care, and group corporate-, bank-and trus t-owned life insurance products to institutional clients. This division also sells accidental death and dismemberment, and other ancillary coverages, as well as provides plan administrative services; and offers preferred provider and indemnity dental coverage plans to clients. The International Insurance and Investments division provides international individual life insurance products in Japan, Korea, and other foreign countries; and offers proprietary and non-proprietary asset management, investment advice, and services to retail and institutional clients internationally. In addition, the company engages in real estate brokerage franchise business, which involves marketing its franchises to the real estate companies. Further, it provides institutional clients and government agencies with various services in connection with the relocation of their employees. Prudential Financial, Inc. was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Matthew Scott]
Retiring Baby Boomers could make Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) a strong performer for years to come. Insurance products like its line of guaranteed income annuities have given it an edge over rivals and it continues to make inroads into other areas of investing. Prudential’s stock price increased more than five times over the last two years, jumping from $11.20 on March 9, 2009 to $61.58 at the end of the first quarter.
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MainStreet BankShares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Franklin Community Bank, National Association, which is a national-chartered commercial bank that provides a range of banking services in Virginia. The company accepts deposits from the general public and makes loans. Its deposit products include demand, interest checking, money market, savings, and time deposits. The company?s loan portfolio comprises commercial loans; construction and land development, one-to-our family residential real estate, home equity, and commercial real estate loans; and consumer loans. Its serves individuals, professionals, and small-to-medium-sized businesses primarily in Franklin County, Town of Rocky Mount, and surrounding areas. The company operates four banking offices in Hardy, Rocky Mount, and Union Hall, Virginia. MainStreet BankShares, Inc. is based in Martinsville, Virginia.
10 Best Healthcare Technology Stocks To Invest In Right Now: China Yunnan Copper Australia Ltd(CYU.AX)
Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources Limited engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Australia, Chile, and Laos. The company focuses on copper, gold, and uranium tenements covering an area of 1,000 square kilometers in Queensland, Australia, as well as explores for silver and rare earth elements. It has a strategic alliance with (Group) Co Ltd. The company was formerly known as China Yunnan Copper Australia Limited and changed its name to Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources Limited in May 2011. Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources Limited was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia.
10 Best Healthcare Technology Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Unico American Corporation(UNAM)
Unico American Corporation, an insurance holding company, underwrites property and casualty insurance. The company provides property, casualty, and health insurance products, as well as insurance premium financing and membership association services. Its commercial property coverage insures against loss or damage to buildings, inventory, and equipment from natural disasters, including hurricanes, windstorms, hail, water, explosions, and severe winter weather, as well as other events, such as theft and vandalism, fires, storms, and financial loss due to business interruption resulting from covered property damage. The company also provides commercial liability coverage against third party liability from accidents occurring on the insured's premises or arising out of its operation, as well as writes separate policies to insure commercial property and commercial liability risk on a mono-line basis. In addition, it offers sells and services automobile rental policies; and medi cal and dental policies. The company markets its insurance products primarily through independent insurance agents and brokers. It operates primarily in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Woodland Hills, California.
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