Deutsche Bank has ranked its best 20 short ideas from its quantitative team, with SolarCity Corp SCTY and Elizabeth Arden, Inc. RDEN cracking the list. The list is heavy with energy and related industrials, which account for six of the 20. Deutsche implies an expected return of nearly -6 percent for the energy sector, with a -4 percent return on industrials.
The rankings are based on Deutsche Bank’s QCD Score, which it calls its flagship stock selection model for U.S. equities.
The top spot goes to Solazyme Inc SZYM with a QCD score of -131.7 percent, compared with Miller Energy Resources Inc’s MILL QCD of -129.8 percent.
Here is a full list of the stocks and how Deutsche breaks them down.
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Equity |
QCD Score (Lower is Better) |
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Solazyme Inc SZYM |
- 131.7% |
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Miller Energy Resources Inc MILL |
- 129.8% |
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Marrone Bio Innovations Inc MBII |
- 87.4% |
|
Walter Energy, Inc WLT |
- 86.3% |
|
ExOne Co XONE |
- 85.5% |
|
SolarCity Corp SCTY |
- 82.4% |
|
Quicksilver, Inc. ZQK |
- 77.3% |
|
Turtle Beach Corp HEAR |
- 74.9% |
|
Elizabeth Arden, Inc. RDEN |
- 63.7% |
|
Female Health Co FHCO |
- 60.1% |
|
PhotoMedix Inc PHMD |
- 39.7% |
|
Transenterix Inc TRXC |
- 39.3% |
|
Rubicon Technology, Inc. RBCN |
- 36.7% |
|
Vringo, Inc. VRNG |
- 33.3% |
|
RCS Capital Corp RCAP |
- 32.6% |
|
Walter Investment Management Corp WAC |
- 29.9% |
|
NTELOS Holdings Corp NTLS |
- 26.3% |
|
RingCentral Inc RNG |
- 25.0% |
|
Atlantic Power Corp AT |
- 21.8% |
|
Vivint Solar Inc VSLR |
- 23.7% |
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