Usually, a low prospective PER shows that a company has poor growth prospects. On occasions, the poor rating might be unjustified and the tables draw attention to companies that may have been neglected by the market. The key points to check immediately are the 5-year and 3-year EPS growth rates and, more particularly, the prospective EPS growth rate. If the company has a PEG it is worth special attention.

The remaining columns have been devoted to dividend yield and ROCE.