Daily Confident Investor Indicator Analysis June 28, 2014
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WPX Energy Inc – $WPX – Confident Investor Rating: Poor
Company name | WPX Energy Inc |
Stock ticker | WPX |
Live stock price | [stckqut]WPX[/stckqut] |
Confident Investor Rating | Poor |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=wpx
Western Potash Corp. is a mineral exploration company engaged in the acquisition, evaluation, exploration and development of potash mineral properties in Western Canada and Brazil. Its potash properties are located in Southwest Manitoba and Southern Saskatchewan. It is focused on building a potash solution mine on its 100% owned Milestone Property located in southern Saskatchewan. The Milestone property is located approximately 30 kilometers southeast of Regina and 80 kilometers southeast of Mosaic’s Belle Plaine Mining Lease. Its KLSA 008 Mining Lease includes all Crown land within the 157,500 acres of the Milestone Project Property. The Company has acquired 2,550 acres for the building of the plant site. The Milestone Project includes more than 87, 500 acres of Crown held Mineral Leases.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in WPX Energy Inc. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.
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Daily Confident Investor Indicator Analysis June 27, 2014
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Ultra Petroleum Corp. ($UPL) Cautious Buy or Hold to $45 Confident Investor Rating: Fair
Company name | Ultra Petroleum Corp. |
Stock ticker | UPL |
Live stock price | [stckqut]UPL[/stckqut] |
P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity | Good |
Sales growth | Good |
EPS growth | Poor |
P/E growth | Good |
EBIT growth | Poor |
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating | Fair |
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $46.08 |
Target stock price (averages with growth) | $71.33 |
Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $64.43 |
Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $36.54 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=upl
Ultra Petroleum Corp. (Ultra) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the development, production, operation, exploration and acquisition of oil and natural gas properties. The Company’s operations are primarily located in the Green River Basin of southwest Wyoming and the north-central Pennsylvania area of the Appalachian Basin. Ultra’s operations in southwest Wyoming are focused on developing its natural gas reserves in a tight gas sand trend located in the Green River Basin with targets in the sands of the upper Cretaceous Lance Pool in the Pinedale and Jonah fields. As of December 31, 2012, Ultra owned interests in approximately 84,000 gross (49,000 net) acres in Wyoming covering approximately 190 square miles. In December 2012, CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc acquired a liquids gathering system (LGS) from Ultra. Effective December 12, 2013, Ultra Petroleum Corp acquired an undisclosed oil and gas producing properties, located in Uinta Basin.
Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Ultra Petroleum Corp. 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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How was this analysis of Ultra Petroleum Corp. calculated?
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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: $29.81
- Growth: 0.15
- Current EPS (TTM): $2.09
- P/E: 14
- Future EPS Calc: $4.2
- Future Stock Price Calc: $58.85
- Target stock price: $36.54
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