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Public Dashboard: Forbes Best Small (2009)

Trick or treat: Here's some of the best stock study ideas among the Forbes 200 Best Small Companies for 2009. Values are $100 invested on 10/14/2009.

Dashboard: Forbes Best Small (2009) Date: 09/03/2010
Company Symbol Shares Price Value % of Total Growth Proj P/E Proj Yield Fin Str EPS Stab Qlty PAR
Synaptics SYNA 4.769 $26.35 $125 10.5% 9.9% 20.0 0.0% 92% 54 65.2 14.8%
Buffalo Wild Wings BWLD 2.525 $45.63 $115 9.6% 14.3% 20.0 0.0% 95% 85 88.2 11.9%
Knight Transportation* KNX 5.385 $19.43 $104 8.7% 12.0% 21.0 1.3% 96% 79 94.0 11.7%
Gen-Probe Inc. (b) GPRO 2.243 $45.85 $102 8.6% 12.3% 24.0 0.0% 99% 62 64.8 14.6%
Techne (b) TECH 1.534 $59.25 $90 7.6% 10.5% 25.0 1.0% 98% 97 81.7 16.0%
Capella Education* CPLA 1.396 $64.70 $90 7.5% 21.0% 27.0 0.0% 100% 89 77.5 30.0%
PetMed Express* PETS 5.208 $16.26 $84 7.1% 13.0% 16.0 2.5% 93% 81 86.2 16.2%
AeroVironment AVAV 3.481 $23.97 $83 7.0% 12.0% 22.0 0.0% 95% 75 76.2 11.9%
Meridian Bioscience VIVO 4.068 $19.43 $79 6.6% 12.2% 24.0 4.0% 96% 71 77.7 15.6%
Amsurg* AMSG 4.394 $17.10 $75 6.3% 10.0% 13.0 0.0% 61% 99 70.5 13.9%
LHC Group* LHCG 3.203 $20.89 $66 5.6% 12.5% 10.0 0.0% 69% 61 66.9 13.6%
Strayer Education STRA 0.444 $149.41 $66 5.5% 18.0% 25.0 1.0% 98% 98 83.4 27.4%
Bio Reference Labs* BRLI 2.885 $20.27 $58 4.9% 19.9% 20.0 0.0% 89% 86 81.7 17.7%
Deckers Outdoor DECK 1.147 $47.57 $54 4.6% 15.5% 15.0 0.0% 93% 57 87.4 18.3%
Totals & Averages $1,198 100.0% 13.5% 20.5 0.7% 91% 77 78.4 16.3%

Portfolio Averages
PAR 16.3%
Quality 78.4
Growth 13.5%
Average P/E Ratio 20.5
Average Yield 0.7%
Financial Strength 91
EPS Stability 77
Quality Legend:
BlueExcellent with quality greater than 65.
GreenGood with quality between 55 and 65.
NeutralAverage or below average with quality between 35 and 55.
RedPoor with quality less than 35.
PAR Legend:
GreenPAR is within the target range of MIPAR +5-10%, currently 15.3-20.3%.
YellowPAR is above the target range of MIPAR +10%, currently 20.3%.
PARProjected Annual Return
MIPARThe Manifest Investing Median PAR of all stocks in the database.
MIPAR10.3%
*Not covered by Value Line Standard Edition.
bUses price-to-book value for valuation purposes.
P/CFUses price-to-cash flow for valuation.