The ten stocks we love are part of a bigger list of companies we identified by running a stock screen using software from FactSet.
We searched for firms with reasonable valuations: a price-to-earnings ratio below 20 times 2015 earnings estimates.
We also made sure that the companies are expected to post solid earnings growth -- at least 10% this year and for the next few years.
Finally, we wanted relatively large and stable companies. So we excluded companies worth less than $1 billion and made sure the companies had a low level of debt and also paid a dividend.
