20 Stocks with the Potential to Pop
Companies:Hartford Financial Services Group Inc | EQT Corp. | Western Digital Corporation | Bank of America Corp | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co | LSI Logic Corp | Whirlpool Corp | DeVry Inc | Monster Worldwide | International Paper Co | Genworth Financial Inc | Teradyne Inc | Office Depot Inc | Range Resources Corporation | Tenet Healthcare Corp | RR Donnelley and Sons Co | Chesapeake Utilities Corporation | Jabil Circuit Inc | Nabors Industries Ltd | Gannett Inc | Consol Energy Inc | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation | Massey Energy Company | Micron Technology Inc | Chesapeake Corp
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Source: ThomsonReuters It's the basic question when investing in a stock: is it on the way up or will it go down? To answer this question, the street has developed numerous ways of attempting to predict what will happen, estimating various attributes tied to stock performance in order to determine what the future holds for a company's valuation.After dissecting the data, analysts following a particular stock produce a price target of where they believe the stock is headed. From the entire S&P 500, which stocks are analysts expecting to have the biggest pops? With data from ThomsonReuters, we took a look at the stocks with mean consensus analyst estimates that are farthest above their stock prices (as of market close on 8/26/10).So, which stocks do analysts predict will have the biggest pop? Click ahead to find out!By Ariel Nelson & Paul ToscanoPosted 26 Aug 2010 |
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Photo: Jay Brousseau | Stone | Getty Images Potential to Pop: 60%Mean Price Target: $30.54 Closing Price (8/26): $19.09 Number of Analysts: 19 High Estimate: $42Low Estimate: $20 Get HIG Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Potential to Pop: 60.8% Mean Price Target: $44.91 Closing Price (8/26): $27.93 Number of Analysts: 21 High Estimate: $65 Low Estimate: $31Get MEE Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Getty Images Potential to Pop: 61.5% Mean Price Target: $19.67 Closing Price (8/26): $12.18 Number of Analysts: 9 High Estimate: $27 Low Estimate: $17 Get GCI Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Getty Images Potential to Pop: 62.1% Mean Price Target: $20.21 Closing Price (8/26): $12.47 Number of Analysts: 28 High Estimate: $26 Low Estimate: $16 Get BAC Real-Time Quote |
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Potential to Pop: 63.8% Mean Price Target: $62.76 Closing Price (8/26): $38.31 Number of Analysts: 22 High Estimate: $83 Low Estimate: $47 Get DV Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: LSI.com Potential to Pop: 64.2% Mean Price Target: $6.67 Closing Price (8/26): $4.06Number of Analysts: 14 High Estimate: $11 Low Estimate: $4.75 Get LSI Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Getty Images Potential to Pop: 65.1% Mean Price Target: $17.67 Closing Price (8/26): $10.70 Number of Analysts: 15 High Estimate: $23 Low Estimate: $7 Get MWW Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Goodyear.com Potential to Pop: 65.8% Mean Price Target: $15.94 Closing Price (8/26): $9.61Number of Analysts: 11 High Estimate: $19Low Estimate: $12 Get GT Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Whirlpool.com Potential to Pop: 66.4% Mean Price Target: $124 Closing Price (8/26): $74.51 Number of Analysts: 7 High Estimate: $155 Low Estimate: $97 Get WHR Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Genworth.com Potential to Pop: 67.6% Mean Price Target: $17.96 Closing Price (8/26): $10.72 Number of Analysts: 17 High Estimate: $22 Low Estimate: $13 Get GNW Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Emely | Cultura | Getty Images Potential to Pop: 69.6% Mean Price Target: $33.71 Closing Price (8/26): $19.88 Number of Analysts: 16 High Estimate: $44 Low Estimate: $26 Get IP Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Teradyne Inc Potential to Pop: 70.2% Mean Price Target: $15.42 Closing Price (8/26): $9.06 Number of Analysts: 14 High Estimate: $26 Low Estimate: $7 Get TER Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Cameron Davidson | Workbook Stock | Getty Images Potential to Pop: 71.3%Mean Price Target: $56.42 Closing Price (8/26): $32.93 Number of Analysts: 33 High Estimate: $80 Low Estimate: $39 Get RRC Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Getty Images Potential to Pop: 72.0% Mean Price Target: $6.11 Closing Price (8/26): $3.55 Number of Analysts: 18 High Estimate: $8.50 Low Estimate: $3.50 Get ODP Real-Time Quote |
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Potential to Pop: 72.3% Mean Price Target: $53.78 Closing Price (8/26): $31.21 Number of Analysts: 24 High Estimate: $67 Low Estimate: $41 Get CNX Real-Time Quote |
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Potential to Pop: 73.8% Mean Price Target: $26 Closing Price (8/26): $14.96 Number of Analysts: 5 High Estimate: $30 Low Estimate: $22 Get RRD Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Getty Images Potential to Pop: 74.1% Mean Price Target: $48.60 Closing Price (8/26): $27.92 Number of Analysts: 24 High Estimate: $61 Low Estimate: $39 Get COG Real-Time Quote |
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Potential to Pop: 74.5%Mean Price Target: $6.96Closing Price (8/26): $3.99 Number of Analysts: 20 High Estimate: $9.50 Low Estimate: $5 Get THC Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Jabil Circuit Incorporated Potential to Pop: 87.8% Mean Price Target: $20.15 Closing Price (8/26): $10.73 Number of Analysts: 17 High Estimate: $23 Low Estimate: $16 Get JBL Real-Time Quote |
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Photo: Micron Technology Inc Potential to Pop: 112.8% Mean Price Target: $14.43 Closing Price (8/26): $6.78 Number of Analysts: 23 High Estimate: $23 Low Estimate: $6.50 Get MU Real-Time Quote |
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