Stock Picking using Python

The stock market is a lot different than it was just a few months ago. Once again, I present my stock selections, as found via python script. Comparing it with last time, you will find most of the same names are on there.

1. Financial data for 1600 public companies listed on the TSX is downloaded from http://finance.google.com.
2. The annual and quarterly revenue and earnings is scraped from the HTML file using an sgrep query.
3. Each company is filtered according to the following criteria:
   • Resource, mining, and energy stocks are excluded.
   • Stocks with PE ratio higher than 50 are excluded.
   • Stocks which had negative revenue or earnings in the past two years are excluded.
4. The remaining stocks are sorted by growth and displayed here.

Source code on Github

Data are from October 18, 2008.

SYMBOL COMPANY NAME                                Revenue Growth    EPS Growth    Price  P/E
                                                 (Years positive) (Years Positive)
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cvg    Clairvest Group Inc.                                183% (2)   509% (2)    12.50    5
aui    AltaGas Utility Group Inc.                          165% (2)   127% (2)     5.59    8
chl.un Canadian Helicopters Income Fund                    140% (2)   629% (2)     6.36    3
ibg.un IBI Income Fund                                      94% (3)    58% (2)    14.50    6
gvc    Glacier Media Inc.                                   88% (3)    57% (3)     3.07    7
drx    ADF Group, Inc.                                      82% (2)   785% (3)     1.95    1
rcm    RuggedCom Inc.                                       78% (3)    35% (2)    12.00   22
prk    Parkbridge Lifestyle Communities Inc.                70% (3)   119% (2)     4.00   12
rim    Research In Motion Limited                           65% (3)    86% (3)    70.25   22
mre    Martinrea International Inc.                         58% (3)    68% (3)     4.67    6
cjt.un Cargojet Income Fund                                 53% (2)   477% (2)     3.10   44
pbl.un Pollard Banknote Income Fund                         52% (2)    68% (2)     7.12    7
cwa.un Coast Wholesale Appliances Income Fund               51% (2)     5% (2)     3.99    5
vnp    5N Plus Inc.                                         44% (3)   241% (2)     4.08   14
arf.un Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund                    43% (3)    46% (3)    15.21    7
wpo    World Point Terminals Inc.                           43% (2)    43% (2)    12.07   14
et     Evertz Technologies Limited                          40% (3)   977% (3)    14.00   12
aah    Aastra Technologies Limited                          38% (3)    34% (2)    10.13    6
etc    Equitable Group Inc.                                 37% (3)    23% (3)    15.00    5
ylo.un Yellow Pages Income Fund                             37% (3)    42% (3)     8.40    9
mrd    Melcor Developments Ltd.                             36% (3)    55% (3)     6.50    4
gmp.un GMP Capital Trust                                    35% (3)    39% (3)     6.39    4
pki.un Parkland Income Fund                                 35% (3)   209% (3)     6.78    5
otc    Open Text Corporation                                33% (2)   232% (2)    31.07   31
wes    Western Financial Group                              33% (3)    21% (2)     2.90   13
cuq    The Churchill Corporation                            30% (3)   123% (2)     5.91    3
sz     Sceptre Investment Counsel Limited                   29% (2)    41% (2)     6.75   12
mlx    Marsulex Inc.                                        28% (3)   302% (2)     8.00   11
sj     Stella-Jones Inc.                                    28% (3)    44% (3)    23.00   10
wja    WestJet Airlines Ltd.                                26% (3)   215% (2)    10.87    6
sfi    Saxon Financial Inc.                                 25% (3)    19% (3)    20.86   19
gna    Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation                        24% (3)    30% (2)     7.30    4
sif.un Energy Savings Income Fund                           23% (3)    67% (3)    10.95    7
cmg    Computer Modelling Group Ltd.                        23% (3)    28% (3)     8.50   15
stn    Stantec Inc.                                         23% (3)    24% (3)    18.64   11
pbi.un Premium Brands Income Fund                           22% (3)    79% (2)     9.20    7
cca    Cogeco Cable Inc.                                    22% (3)    72% (2)    35.30   12
inn.un InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust                 22% (3)    45% (2)     5.66    7
gil    Gildan Activewear Inc.                               21% (3)    29% (3)    24.94   18
wfi    WaterFurnace Renewable Energy, Inc.                  20% (3)    27% (3)    24.35   25
x      TMX Group, Inc.                                      20% (3)    30% (3)    30.02   13
gdi.un General Donlee Income Fund                           20% (3)    78% (2)     5.75    5
fc.un  Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Trust               20% (3)     2% (2)     9.26    8
rba    lRitchie Bros. Auctioneers                           20% (3)    29% (3)    23.31   26
lgi    Logibec Groupe Informatique Ltd.                     18% (3)    26% (3)    15.00   20
mda    Macdonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd                 17% (3)    18% (3)    16.85    7
eh     easyhome Ltd.                                        16% (3)    42% (2)    12.20   11
dsg    Descartes Systems Group Inc.                         13% (2)   203% (2)     2.82    6
gcg    Guardian Capital Group Ltd.                          13% (3)    38% (3)     7.50   12
thi    Tim Hortons Inc.                                     13% (3)     9% (2)    28.55   19
cae    CAE, Inc.                                            13% (3)    54% (2)     6.80   10
igm    IGM Financial Inc.                                   10% (3)    13% (3)    35.52   10
ftt    Finning International Inc.                           10% (3)    29% (3)    15.20    9
rch    Richelieu Hardware Ltd.                              10% (3)     9% (3)    17.86   11
fgl    The Forzani Group Ltd.                               10% (3)    90% (2)     9.50    8
nwf.un North West Company Fund                              10% (3)    19% (3)    14.65   10
tih    Toromont Industries Ltd.                              9% (3)    20% (3)    24.08   12
sc     Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation                        8% (3)    16% (3)    45.15   18
kos    Cossette Communication Group Inc.                     8% (3)    17% (2)     4.51    7
lnf    Leon's Furniture Ltd.                                 8% (3)    10% (3)     9.70   11
lnr    Linamar Corporation                                   8% (3)     6% (3)     8.84    5
acc    Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc.                          7% (2)    33% (3)     4.49   19
alc    Algoma Central Corporation                            7% (3)    32% (3)    88.00    6
clc.un CML Healthcare Income Fund                            7% (2)     5% (3)    12.63   11
cp     Canadian Pacific Railway Limited                      6% (3)    33% (3)    47.71    9
t      TELUS Corporation                                     6% (3)    35% (3)    39.62    9
idg    Indigo Books & Music Inc.                             5% (3)    67% (3)    12.50    5
hlf    High Liner Foods Incorporated                         4% (2)    41% (2)     7.90   13