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The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Growth/Value Investor model based on the published strategy of James P. O'Shaughnessy. This two strategy approach offers a large-cap value model and a growth approach that looks for persistent earnings growth and strong relative strength.

TITAN MACHINERY INC (TITN) is a small-cap value stock in the Constr. & Agric. Machinery industry. The rating according to our strategy based on James P. O'Shaughnessy changed from 75% to 100% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Titan Machinery Inc. owns and operates a network of full service agricultural and construction equipment dealer locations across three continents, including North America, Europe, and Australia servicing farmers, ranchers, and commercial applicators. The Company operates through segments: Agriculture, Construction, Europe, and Australia. It offers equipment and parts sales, equipment repair and maintenance services, and rental functions in each store. It sells new agricultural and construction equipment manufactured under the CNH Industrial family of brands as well as equipment from a variety of other manufacturers. The agricultural equipment it sells, and service includes machinery and attachments for uses ranging from large-scale commercial farming to home and garden purposes. The construction equipment it sells, and service includes heavy construction machinery, light industrial machinery for commercial and residential construction, and road and highway construction machinery.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

Detailed Analysis of TITAN MACHINERY INC

TITN Guru Analysis

TITN Fundamental Analysis

8X8 INC (EGHT) is a small-cap value stock in the Communications Services industry. The rating according to our strategy based on James P. O'Shaughnessy changed from 75% to 100% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: 8x8, Inc. is a provider of software-as-a-service solutions for contact centers, voice communications, video meetings, employee collaboration, and embeddable communication application programming interfaces (API). The Company's communications platform solutions comprise the 8x8 XCaaS platform, which is an integrated contact center, voice communications, video, chat, and SMS solution built on one global cloud communications platform. Its integrated technology platform includes 8x8 Work, 8x8 Contact Center, 8x8 Engage and 8x8 X Series. Its 8x8 Work is an end-to-end unified communications as a service solution that delivers enterprise-grade voice services, secure video meetings, and unified messaging including direct messages, public and private team messaging rooms, and peer-to-peer short and multimedia messaging, or SMS/MMS. 8x8 Contact Center is a cloud-based contact center as-a-service solution that includes omnichannel customer engagement, advanced analytics, and other features.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

Detailed Analysis of 8X8 INC

EGHT Guru Analysis

EGHT Fundamental Analysis

HUGO BOSS AG - ADR (BOSSY) is a mid-cap value stock in the Apparel/Accessories industry. The rating according to our strategy based on James P. O'Shaughnessy changed from 75% to 100% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Hugo Boss AG is a Germany-based developer and marketer of men's and women's clothing and accessories for the international fashion market. Its product portfolio comprises apparel, eveningwear and sportswear, as well as shoes and leather accessories, licensed fragrances, eyewear, watches, children's fashion, home textiles and writing instruments. The Company's brand portfolio comprises BOSS, BOSS Orange, Camel, Green, Black, Blue and HUGO and others: BOSS comprises business wear, leisurewear and evening apparel, as well as watches, eyewear and fragrances; BOSS Orange and BOSS Camel focuses on womenswear; BOSS Green comprises sportswear and BOSS Black focuses on modern tailoring, BOSS Blue focuses on denimwear, HUGO provides apparel for both business and leisure, as well as shoes, accessories and licensed fragrances.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

Detailed Analysis of HUGO BOSS AG - ADR

BOSSY Guru Analysis

BOSSY Fundamental Analysis

James P. O'Shaughnessy Portfolio

About James P. O'Shaughnessy: Research guru and money manager James O'Shaughnessy forced many professional and amateur investors alike to rethink their investment beliefs when he published his 1996 bestseller, What Works on Wall Street. O'Shaughnessy back-tested 44 years ofstock market datafrom the comprehensive Standard & Poor's Compustat database to find out which quantitative strategies have worked over the years and which haven't. To the surprise of many, he concluded that price/earnings ratios aren't the best indicator of a stock's value, and that small-company stocks, contrary to popular wisdom, don't as a group have an edge on large-company stocks. Today O'Shaughnessy is the Chief Investment Officer of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management.

About Validea: Validea is aninvestment researchservice that follows the published strategies of investment legends. Validea offers both stock analysis and model portfolios based on gurus who have outperformed the market over the long-term, including Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, Peter Lynch and Martin Zweig. For more information about Validea, click here

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