Today’s upgrades for Validea’s Book/Market Investor model based on Joseph Piotroski include SUNCOKE ENERGY INC (SXC), a small-cap value stock in Oil & Gas Operations. The rating changed from 0% to 80% based on firm fundamentals and stock valuation, with scores above 90% indicating strong interest. SunCoke Energy supplies coke domestically and internationally, with segments in Domestic Coke, Brazil Coke, and Logistics. The company meets most of the strategy’s tests, with improvements in Return on Assets, Cash Flow from Operations, and Gross Margin. Joseph Piotroski, a numbers-crunching accountant and professor, developed a successful stock-selection method based on historical financial data.

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