Stock Screen: Low Risk, High Quality Technology Plays

Below is the list of top technology stocks our stock screener has come up with as of February 22, 2009. All these stocks have low risk and very high financial strength, making them ideal for long-term investors:

Cerner Corporation, CERN, (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

FactSet Research Systems Inc., FDS, (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Amphenol Corporation, APH, (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Roper Industries Inc., ROP, (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Mesa Laboratories Inc., MLAB, (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)


Methodology:
The above list is based on Value Prime's analysis of over 5,000 NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX stocks that have at least three years of solid earnings data. Risk Percentile Rankings and Risk Scores are calculated by Value Prime based on the most recent 5 years of monthly stock prices. If 5 years of data is not available, the maximum available monthly pricing data is used.

Top 15 Low Risk, High Return Stocks

Below is the list of top 15 stocks that have had at least 10% returns in the past 4 weeks and have Risk Scores in the bottom 25 percentile (i.e., more than 75% of all other stocks in our database have higher historical risk).

Lancaster Colony Corp., (Nasdaq: LANC), (Return: 25%), (Risk Percentile: 22), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

National Fuel Gas Co., (NYSE: NFG), (Return: 15%), (Risk Percentile: 22), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

American States Water Company, (NYSE: AWR), (Return: 13%), (Risk Percentile: 20), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

UMH Properties Inc., (AMEX: UMH), (Return: 13%), (Risk Percentile: 20), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Wyeth, (NYSE: WYE), (Return: 12%), (Risk Percentile: 24), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P., (NYSE: SXL), (Return: 12%), (Risk Percentile: 22), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE: BPL), (Return: 12%), (Risk Percentile: 23), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

International Business Machine, (NYSE: IBM), (Return: 11%), (Risk Percentile: 22), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., (NYSE: MHP), (Return: 11%), (Risk Percentile: 25), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Magellan Midstream Partners, (NYSE: MMP), (Return: 11%), (Risk Percentile: 20), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

MOCON, Inc., (Nasdaq: MOCO), (Return: 10%), (Risk Percentile: 22), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Affiliated Computer Services, (NYSE:ACS), (Return: 10%), (Risk Percentile: 23), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc., (NYSE: WW), (Return: 10%), (Risk Percentile: 23), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Abbott Laboratories, (NYSE: ABT), (Return: 10%), (Risk Percentile: 16), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Edwards Lifesciences Corp, (NYSE: EW), (Return: 10%), (Risk Percentile: 19), (Google Yahoo Financials Chart)

Our Methodology:
The above list is based on Value Prime's analysis of more than 5,000 NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX stocks (excluding stocks in the financial sector) that have at least three years of solid earnings data . Risk Percentile Rankings and Risk Scores are calculated by Value Prime based on the most recent 5 years of monthly stock prices. If 5 years of data is not available, the maximum available monthly pricing data is used.