My Stock Purchase Recommendation Made by: Samantha Browne Group 1 team members: Bellalisa Gomez and Erica Allen

Stock Options: Consumer Goods Sector: Financial Sector: PepsiCo General Mills Nestle Financial Sector: JP Morgan Bank of America Wells Fargo Health Care Sector: United Health Group Inc. CVS Aetna

Five Major Factors in Stock Evaluation: Consumer Goods Sector Five Major Factors in Stock Evaluation: Current stock prices: Market value or price at which goods are currently being sold in the market. 52-week price range: It can be a determining factor on whether a stock increases or decreases in price. Dividends per share: A company that pays dividends is often one with a certain amount of stability. Earnings per share: EPS serves as an indicator of a company's profitability. Price/earnings ratio: Generally a high P/E ratio means that investors are anticipating higher growth in the future.

Stock 1: PepsiCo-PEP Current Price: $94.05 Consumer Goods Sector Stock 1: PepsiCo-PEP Current Price: $94.05 52 week price range: $87.07-100.76 In the last five years: Average: 18.83 Average: 4.12 Average: $2.24

Stock 2: General Mills-GIS Current Price: $55.25 52 week price range: $48.32-$57.73 The last five years: Average: 18.62 Average: 2.54 Average: $ 1.30

Stock 3: Nestle-NSRGF Current Price: $5 74.58 52 week price range: $65.79-$79.99 The last five years: $ Average: 14.58 Average: 4.76 Average: $1.88

Stock 4: JP Morgan-JPM Current Price: $ 67.41 52 week price range: $54.26-$69.82 The last five years: Average: 10.62 Average: 4.79 Average: $ 1.17

Stock 5: Bank of America-BAC Current Price: $16.90 52 week price range: $14.84-$18.21 The last five years: Average: 35.35 Average: 0.31 Average: $0.31

Stock 6: Wells Fargo-WFC Current Price: $ 56.02 52 week price range: $46.44-$58.28 The last five years: Average: 12.30 Average: 3.41 Average: $0.88

Stock 7: United Health Group Inc.-UNH Current Price: $120.33 52 week price range: $78.74-$123.76 The last five years: Average: 13.78 Average: 5.06 Average: $0.86

Stock 8: CVS Current Price: $105.47 52 week price range: $104.78-$106.08 The last five years: Average: 19.40 Average: 3.16 Average: $0.70

Stock 9: Aetna-AET Current Price: $124.07 52 week price range: $123.85-$124.66 The last five years: Average: 10.92 Average: 5.04 Average: $0.58

TOP 3 Stock Recommendations PepsiCo Bank of America CVS

PepsiCo Current price: $94.05 Current price is in the middle 52 week price range, so no sign of decrease in price in the future. The 52 week price range has had no major fluctuation and the price hasn’t significantly dropped. High P/E ratio means it is a good investment for price and could be sign of growth. The average earning/share ratio is 4.12, which shows that this company has profitability. Current price: $94.05 Dividends: $2.24 Increased every year, which is a sign of stability.

Bank of America Current price: $16.90 The 52 week rang hasn’t dropped too low No major fluctuation Current price is in the middle of 52 week range, could be sign of future increase in price in the future. Dividends: the low DPS because it has low risks so it's safe and gives small dividends. Earning/share: Also has a low EPS because it has low risks Price/Earnings Ratio: 35.35 It has the highest P/E ratio out of all 9 stocks. Good investment for the price.

CVS Current price $ 105.47 Price/Earnings Ratio of 19.40, the High P/E ratio: could be sign of growth. Current price is on the higher side of the52 week price range, could be sign of future increase of price in the future. Dividends increases every year and the lower price means company is investing money to company Earning/share: 3.16 Shows that company has profitability and increases every year.

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