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Commentary ● August 26

Lakonishok Screen Spots Overlooked Stocks Starting to Stir

Michael Rose

This week, we cover the strategy used by Josef Lakonishok and highlight a list of stocks currently passing the AAII Lakonishok screen. Picking up the value torch from Benjamin Graham, Lakonishok focuses on buying out-of-favor companies that are beginning to show signs of awakening. The Lakonishok screening model has had impressive long-term performance, with an average annual gain of 13.2% since inception in 1998, versus 7.5% for the S&P 500 index over the same period.

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COMPANY NAME	TICKER	P/B RATIO
LanzaTech Global, Inc.	LNZA	0.31
Regis Corporation	RGS	0.36
Imperial Petroleum Inc.	IMPP	0.44
StealthGas Inc.	GASS	0.51
ACCO Brands Corporation	ACCO	0.57

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John Neff was the manager of the Vanguard Windsor Fund for more than three decades. While widely considered a value and contrarian investor, Neff referred to his investing style as a low price-to-earnings (P/E) methodology. From 1964 to 1995, Neff guided Windsor to a 13.7% average annual return, easily outpacing the S&P 500's 10.6% percent return during that time. A $10,000 investment in Windsor (with dividends reinvested) at the start of Neff's tenure would have ended up as more than $564,000 by the time he retired, more than twice what the same investment in the S&P would have yielded.

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Blue Bird Corporation	BLBD	0.47
Farmers National Banc Corp.	FMNB	0.50
Fulton Financial Corporation	FULT	0.51
Farmers & Merchants Bancorp, Inc.	FMAO	0.52
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COMPANY NAME	TICKER	VALUE		GROWTH		MOMENTUM		EPS REV		QUALITY		SECTOR
COMPANY NAME	TICKER	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	SECTOR
Centene Corporation	CNC	93	A	89	A	88	A	83	A	71	B	Health Care
CONMED Corporation	CNMD	68	B	100	A	75	B	83	A	90	A	Health Care
CNX Resources Corporation	CNX	83	A	64	B	66	B	73	B	77	B	Energy
Crawford & Company	CRD.A	69	B	73	B	72	B	85	A	94	A	Financials
Constellium SE	CSTM	88	A	77	B	77	B	91	A	84	A	Materials

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COMPANY NAME	TICKER	VALUE		GROWTH		MOMENTUM		EPS REV		QUALITY		SECTOR
COMPANY NAME	TICKER	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	Score	Grade	SECTOR
Abeona Therapeutics Inc.	ABEO	13	F	1	F	35	D	31	D	5	F	Health Care
American Superconductor Corporation	AMSC	21	D	27	D	13	F	32	D	24	D	Industrials
Arbe Robotics Ltd.	ARBE	11	F	12	F	12	F	25	D	0	F	Information Technology
Ardelyx, Inc.	ARDX	23	D	29	D	13	F	8	F	35	D	Health Care
Ares Management Corporation	ARES	9	F	26	D	34	D	29	D	15	F	Financials

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Accelleron Industries AG	ACLLY	NA ▲	NA ▲	C ▲	NA ▲	A ▲	Industrials
ageas SA/NV	AGESY	NA ▲	F ▲	B ▲	NA ▲	D ▲	Financials
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Alkermes plc	ALKS	F ▲	B ▲	B ▼	D ▼	C ▲	Health Care
Altimmune, Inc.	ALT	NA ▲	NA ▲	D ▼	C ▼	F ▲	Health Care
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited	AOSL	C ▼	F ▼	D ▲	C ▲	C ▼	Information Technology
Asana, Inc.	ASAN	D ▲	D ▲	D ▼	C ▼	C ▲	Information Technology
Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc.	EPRX	NA ▲	NA ▲	C ▼	D ▼	D ▲	Health Care

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