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Company name Hibbett Sports, Inc.
Stock ticker HIBB
Live stock price [stckqut]HIBB[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $79.44
Target stock price (averages with growth) $106.08
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $83.92
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $80.14

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

Hibbett Sports, Inc. is an operator of sporting goods retail stores in small to mid-sized markets predominately in the Southeast, Southwest, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions of the United States. The Company offers a range of athletic equipment, footwear and apparel. Its stores concepts are Hibbett Sports, Sports Additions, Sports & Co. and Hibbett Team Sales, Inc. As of January 28, 2012, it operated 832 stores in 26 states, which consisted of 812 Hibbett Sports stores, as well as 19 smaller-format Sports Additions athletic shoe stores and one larger-format Sports & Co. superstore. Of 832 stores, 203 were located in enclosed malls and 629 are located in strip-shopping centers. During the fiscal year ended January 28, 2012 (fiscal 2012), it opened 49 Hibbett Sports stores and three Sports Addition stores while closing 17 Hibbett Sports stores and one Sports & Co. stores. In fiscal 2012, it expanded or remodeled 18 stores and converted one Sports & Co. store to a Hibbett Sports store.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Hibbett Sports, Inc. 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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Stock price at the time of the calculation: $64.55

Growth: 0.15

Current EPS (TTM): $2.79

P/E: 23

Future EPS Calc: $5.61

Future Stock Price Calc: $129.06

Target stock price: $80.14

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Company name Seacor Holdings, Inc.
Stock ticker CKH
Live stock price [stckqut]CKH[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $119.19
Target stock price (averages with growth) $96.25
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $60.17
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $100.13

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

SEACOR Holdings Inc is a global provider of equipment and services primarily supporting the offshore oil and gas and marine transportation industries. The Company offers customers a diversified suite of services, including offshore marine, aviation, inland river, marine transportation, crisis and emergency management preparedness and response solutions, commodity trading and logistics and offshore and harbor towing. On March 19, 2012, J.F. Lehman & Company acquired National Response Corporation and its affiliated businesses NRC Environmental Services, SEACOR Response, and SEACOR Environmental Products (collectively NRC) from the Company. In January 2013, the Company sold its energy trading division, SEACOR Energy Inc. to Par Petroleum Corporation. On January 31, 2013, it completed the spin off its Era Group Inc unit (Era).

 

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

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Stock price at the time of the calculation: $90.94

Growth: 0.12

Current EPS (TTM): $1.22

P/E: 75

Future EPS Calc: $2.15

Future Stock Price Calc: $161.25

Target stock price: $100.12

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Company name ABB Ltd (ADR)
Stock ticker ABB
Live stock price [stckqut]ABB[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $23.57
Target stock price (averages with growth) $33.67
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $33.2
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $22.69

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

ABB Ltd (ABB) is engaged in power and automation technologies committed to improving performance and lowering the environmental impact for utility and industry customers. The Company provides a broad range of products, systems, solutions and services that are designed to power grid reliability boost industrial productivity and enhance energy efficiency. The Company’s power businesses focus on power transmission, distribution and power-plant automation, and support electric, gas and water utilities, as well as industrial and commercial customers. Effective September 27, 2013, ABB Ltd acquired Baldor Electric India Pvt Ltd.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in ABB Ltd (ADR).

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Stock price at the time of the calculation: $24.87

Growth: 0.09

Current EPS (TTM): $1.25

P/E: 19

Future EPS Calc: $1.92

Future Stock Price Calc: $36.54

Target stock price: $22.68

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Company name HCP, Inc.
Stock ticker HCP
Live stock price [stckqut]HCP[/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) $54.86
Target stock price (averages with growth) $65.59
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $57.21
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $39.3

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

HCP, Inc. (HCP) is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company invests primarily in real estate serving the healthcare industry in the United States. HCP acquires, develops, leases, manages and disposes of healthcare real estate and provides financing to healthcare providers. The Company’s portfolio consists of investments in the five healthcare segments: senior housing, life science, medical office, post-acute/skilled nursing and hospital. The Company makes investments within its healthcare segments using the five investment products: properties under lease, debt investments, developments and redevelopments, investment management and RIDEA, which represents investments in senior housing operations. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company sold three senior housing facilities. In October 2012, Emeritus Corp announced that HCP closed the acquisition of 127 of the 133 senior housing communities.

 

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

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Stock price at the time of the calculation: $35.92

Growth: 0.12

Current EPS (TTM): $1.89

P/E: 19

Future EPS Calc: $3.33

Future Stock Price Calc: $63.28

Target stock price: $39.29

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Company name Meritor Inc
Stock ticker MTOR
Live stock price [stckqut]MTOR[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Meritor, Inc. (Meritor) is a global supplier of a range of integrated systems and components to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and the aftermarket for the commercial vehicle, transportation and industrial sectors. The company serves commercial truck, trailer, off-highway, military, bus and coach and other industrial OEMs and certain aftermarkets. Its products are axles, undercarriages, drivelines, brakes and braking systems. Meritor serves a range of customers globally, including medium- and heavy-duty truck OEMs, specialty vehicle manufacturers, certain aftermarkets, and trailer producers. Its new business segments are Commercial Truck & Industrial; and Aftermarket & Trailer. On January 2, 2012, it completed the sale of its Commercial Truck manufacturing facility located in St. Priest, France to Renault Trucks SAS, an affiliate of AB Volvo.

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

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