Darren Taylor Profile Picture Individual Investor

Darren Taylor

Engineer,Construction

  • Qualifications BS - Engineering

Top 5 Screener

The strategy uses fundamentals such as free cash flow, price to sales, and PE to dividend adjusted EPS growth to select undervalued companies. Darren then evaluates positions monthly and typically holds them until he uncovers a more compelling opportunity.
Darren believes that the efficient market theory works over the long term, but valuations can be off in the short term. He attempts to achieve gains through buying stocks of consistent companies that are under-appreciated by the market.
Darren uses fundamentals such as sales, earnings, free cash flow, price to sales, and PE to dividend adjusted EPS growth to select a list of potential companies. He then applies minimum price and volume filters and finally a momentum component to rank the companies. He buys the top five and each held as long as it remains on the list.
Darren typically holds these top five stocks, with a roughly even dollar allocation among them. For sector diversification, he may drift outside the top five in order to avoid concentration in a particular industry.
Darren performs a screen each month. If a stock falls from the list, he sells it. He may consider selling a holding mid-month if there is a significant change in a stock’s outloook.
Darren may select stocks outside the top five to avoid concentration in a particular industry.

Risk rating

4
15.5%

Best 30 days

-18.9%

Worst 30 days

Performance

  • -10.7%
    30 day
  • -8.6%
    365 days
  • -6.9%
    Since Inception
    December 21, 2010
Monthly vs S&P500
Sparkbar Graph, Top 5 Screener Investment Model Performance versus S&P500
-3.7%

Last 12 months

  • $5,000 subscription min
  • margin account required
  • 1.1% fee

Replicability

100.0%
  • Replicable

Top 5 Holdings View all

18.6%
16.4%
15.7%
12.2%
-9.2%
  • ATU
  • WCC
  • LOW
  • ASNA
  • TLT

Model commentary

  1. Once Europe calms down, expecting volatility to fall

    22 January 2012

    The Top 5 Screener strategy is best suited to directional markets and trending stocks.

  2. Bank of America shareholders had a rough day (BAC) 9 August 2011
  3. Bondholders seek to upset Bank of America set… 7 July 2011
  4. Why I bought CACI International - D. Taylor (CACI) 31 May 2011
  5. I'll buy this dip if the S&P falls below 1240 - … 18 March 2011

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Performance detail

  • Manager
  • S&P 500

Performance

Inception December 21, 2010
as of May 21, 2012 Manager S&P 500 Average Subscriber
Past 30 days -10.7% -4.5% -
Past 90 days -9.0% -3.4% -
Past 365 days -8.6% -1.3% -
Since Inception (Annualized) -4.9% 3.4% -
2012 (YTD) -4.0% 4.6% -
2011 -3.2% 0.0% -

Risk Metrics

Last 365 Days
as of May 21, 2012 Manager S&P 500
Best 30 days 15.5% 13.6%
Worst 30 days -18.9% -16.7%
Volatility 22.9% 23.2%
Sharpe Ratio -0.38 -0.06
Sortino Ratio -0.53 -0.08
Maximum Drawdown -19.7% -18.8%
Value-at-risk (95%, 1 week) -5.3% -5.4%
vs. S&P 500
Information Ratio -0.67
Alpha -7.7%
Beta 0.87
R-Squared 0.79

Latest transactions view all

Average trades per month 7.3
Executed Symbol Security Replicable Type Price
05/03/12 ACM AECOM TECHNOLOGY CORP Yes Sell $20.02
05/02/12 ASNA ASCENA RETAIL GROUP INC Yes Sell $21.08
04/23/12 WCC WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC Yes Buy $64.88
04/23/12 ESL ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORP Yes Sell $67.31
04/20/12 ESL ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORP Yes Sell $68.45
03/26/12 SBH Sally Beauty Holdings Inc Yes Sell $24.54
03/26/12 ESL ESTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES CORP Yes Buy $75.65
03/26/12 LOW Lowe's Cos Inc Yes Buy $30.98
  • $5,000 subscription min
  • margin account required
  • 1.1% fee

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8. Top Replicable Holdings: These securities are currently held in the model manager's brokerage account. Those marked as "Replicable Holdings" currently pass Covestor's trading rules, subject to individual client constraints. Eligibility for replication may change over time. Actual client subscription holdings may vary.

9. Latest Transactions: These transactions were executed in the model manager's brokerage account. Those marked as "Replicable" () passed Covestor's trading rules and were eligible for replication at the time of execution, subject to individual client constraints. Eligibility for replication may change over time. Actual client subscription trade activity may vary.

10. S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index compiled by Standard & Poor´s Corp. Index returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. Individuals cannot invest directly in an Index. S&P 500 index data: S&P 500 Copyright © 2012.

11. Dow Jones index data: CME Group Index Services, LLC 2012