PORTFOLIO REVIEW

August 6, 2015

PORTFOLIO REVIEW

We are replacing Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD) with Ford Motor Company (F)

Domestic automakers have underperformed the market since the beginning of the year despite the increase in car sales that has occurred this year compared to last year. This has created an undervalued industry that has both long term value and high projected growth over the next year. Ford is included in a number of our UIT portfolios including our Defensive Equity, Dividend, and Forward Looking Value.

Ford is seeing increasing demand for its F-150 model truck, as consumers are purchasing a higher proportion of SUVs and trucks due to the lower cost of fuel. This shift in product mix is beneficial to Ford as it is also a shift to higher margin sales. This is just in time for Ford to roll out its new models of cars and trucks which is expected to be the largest number of new models in the company's history.

With a growth in earnings over the next four quarters of 65.8%, while selling at a price of only 7.5x next year's earnings, we believe that Ford is undervalued for their growth potential compared to the overall market. Ford also offers an attractive 4% dividend, making it an investment in value as well as an investment in growth.

EXIT (SELL) Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD)

BUY Ford Motor Company (F) Market Cap: Large Sector: Cyclical Consumer Goods Services Industry: Automobiles Auto Parts Earnings Quality Rank (out of 5): 4 Dividend Yield: 4% Forward P/E Ratio (Next 12 months): 7.5 Price When Picked: $14.83 (closing price on 8/6/15)

BUSINESS SUMMARY

Ford Motor Company manufactures and distributes automobiles worldwide. The company operates through two sectors, Automotive and Financial Services. The Automotive sector develops, manufactures, distributes, and services vehicles, parts, and accessories. It offers vehicles primarily under the Ford and Lincoln brand names. This sector markets and sells its products through distributors and dealers, as well as through dealerships to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. The Financial Services sector offers various automotive financing products to and through automotive dealers. It provides financing products, including retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles; and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. This sector also offers wholesale loans to dealers to finance the purchase of vehicle inventory; and loans to dealers to finance working capital and improvement of dealership facilities, purchase dealership real estate, and other dealer vehicle programs. The company was founded in 1903 and is based in Dearborn, Michigan.

Full disclosure: Sabrient produces portfolios for UITs and indices that are tracked by ETFs. At any given time, we may have 800 of our top-ranked stocks in one or more of these portfolios. Some of the stocks selected for the Earnings Busters portfolio may also be in one or more of our UITs or indices portfolios. We will try to point out when a recommended stock is in one of our UITs or indices.

Editor's Note: The Sabrient Earnings Busters newsletter is written by Daniel Vickers, analyst at Sabrient. Daniel also assists in the selection of stocks and maintenance of the portfolio. He can be reached at dvickers@

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