Company name Deckers Outdoor Corp
Stock ticker DECK
Live stock price [stckqut]DECK[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $30.52
Target stock price (averages with growth) $45.49
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $48.26
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $32.48

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=deck

Deckers Outdoor Corporation (Deckers) is a designer, producer, marketer, and brand manager of footwear, apparel, and accessories. Deckers markets its products under three brands: UGG, Teva and Sanuk. The Company sells its products, including accessories, such as handbags and outerwear, through domestic and international retailers, international distributors, and directly to consumers both domestically and internationally, through its Websites, call centers, retail concept stores and retail outlet stores. In addition to the Company’s primary brands, Deckers’ other brands include TSUBO, a line of casual footwear that incorporates style, function, and maximum comfort; Ahnu, a line of outdoor performance and lifestyle footwear, and MOZO, a line of footwear that combines running shoe technology with work shoe toughness for individuals that spend long hours working on their feet. On July 1, 2011, it completed the acquisition of the purchased assets of the Sanuk brand.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in this stock as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good, in fact the company ranks as a Good company, but there are some concerns with the price of the stock.

Company name Darling International Inc.
Stock ticker DAR
Live stock price [stckqut]DAR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Good
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Good

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $28.59
Target stock price (averages with growth) $25.99
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $18.42
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $22.98

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=dar

Darling International Inc. (Darling) is a provider of rendering, cooking oil and bakery waste recycling and recovery solutions. The Company collects and recycles animal by-products, bakery waste and used cooking oil from poultry and meat processors, commercial bakeries, grocery stores, butcher shops, and food service establishments and provides grease trap cleaning services to many of the same establishments. The Company operates in two segments: Rendering and Bakery. The Company operates over 120 processing and transfer facilities located throughout the United States to process raw materials into finished products. In June 2012, the Company acquired RVO BioPur, LLC. In September 2012, it purchased of a river terminal and storage facility located on the Mississippi River in Muscatine, Iowa from CK Processing Company and River Terminal Corporation.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.