Company name Saba Software, Inc.
Stock ticker SABA
Live stock price [stckqut]SABA[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Saba Software, Inc. (Saba) is a provider of learning and talent management solutions providing a set of People Cloud Applications that include enterprise learning, talent management, testing and assessment and collaboration solutions delivered through the Saba People Cloud. The Saba People Cloud consists of a range of integrated People Cloud Applications, service-oriented architecture, a multi-tenant people cloud infrastructure, and a people cloud community of human capital experts, partners, practitioners and thought leaders. The Saba People Cloud enables organizations to transform the way they develop, engage and inspire their people network of employees, partners and customers by providing solutions that help clients to mobilize their people network, cultivate a development culture, accelerate innovation and creativity and leverage a unified, flexible, multi-tenant cloud. On March 19, 2012, the Company acquired HumanConcepts, organizational modeling and visualization provider.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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Company name Union Pacific Corporation
Stock ticker UNP
Live stock price [stckqut]UNP[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $177.53
Target stock price (averages with growth) $235.79
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $195.58
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $163.52

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

Union Pacific Corporation (UPC) owns transportation companies. Its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, links 23 states in the western 66% of the country. Union Pacific Railroad Company’s business mix includes agricultural products, automotive, chemicals, energy, industrial products and intermodal. Union Pacific Railroad Company connects with Canada’s rail systems and is the railroad serving six gateways to Mexico. Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) is a Class I railroad operating in the United States. In June 2012, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, PS Technology (PST), acquired the Yard Control Systems division of Ansaldo STS USA.

 

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 but there are some concerns.

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

Stock price at the time of the calculation: $157.32

Growth: 0.12

Current EPS (TTM): $8.79

P/E: 17

Future EPS Calc: $15.49

Future Stock Price Calc: $263.34

Target stock price: $163.52

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Company name PG&E Corporation
Stock ticker PCG
Live stock price [stckqut]PCG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $26.16
Target stock price (averages with growth) $26.34
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $23.9
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $31.73

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

PG&E Corporation is a holding company that conducts its business through Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Utility). The Utility’s revenues are generated mainly through the sale and delivery of electricity and natural gas to customers. The Utility served approximately 5.2 million electricity distribution customers and approximately 4.4 million natural gas distribution customers at December 31, 2012. The Utility’s rates for electricity and natural gas utility services are based on its costs of providing service (cost-of-service ratemaking). The Utility is regulated primarily by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In addition, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) oversees the licensing, construction, operation, and decommissioning of the Utility’s nuclear generation facilities. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company delivered 76,205 gigawatts per hour of Actual Electricity.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.

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Company name LNB Bancorp Inc
Stock ticker LNBB
Live stock price [stckqut]LNBB[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $11.82
Target stock price (averages with growth) $11.73
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $9.21
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $10.21

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

LNB Bancorp, Inc. is a diversified banking services company. The Company is engaged in lending and depository services, investment services, and other traditional banking services. These services are generally offered through the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, The Lorain National Bank (the Bank). The primary business of the Bank is providing personal, mortgage and commercial banking products, along with investment management and trust services. As of December 31, 2012, the Lorain National Bank operates through 20 retail-banking locations and 28 automated teller machines (ATM’s) in Lorain, Erie, Cuyahoga and Summit counties in the Ohio communities of Lorain, Elyria, Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, LaGrange, North Ridgeville, Oberlin, Olmsted Township, Vermilion, Westlake and Hudson, as well as a business development office in Cuyahoga County.

 

 

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 but there are some concerns.

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Company name Gulfport Energy Corporation
Stock ticker GPOR
Live stock price [stckqut]GPOR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

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) $82.74
Target stock price (averages with growth) $60.95
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $29.78
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $75.57

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

Gulfport Energy Corporation (Gulfport) is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with its principal producing properties located along the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the West Cote Blanche Bay, or WCBB, and Hackberry fields, and in West Texas in the Permian Basin. During the year ended December, 31, 2011, it acquired its initial acreage position in the Utica Shale in Eastern Ohio. The Company also holds an acreage position in the Alberta oil sands in Canada through its interest in Grizzly Oil Sands ULC, and has interests in entities that operate in Southeast Asia, including the Phu Horm gas field in Thailand. In February 2013, it raised its stake to 93.8%, by acquiring a 16.2% stake in the Utica Shale assets, located in Ohio, from Windsor Ohio LLC.

 

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

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