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Company name Gannett Co., Inc.
Stock ticker GCI
Live stock price [stckqut]GCI[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $0.82
Target stock price (averages with growth) $1.89
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $3.69
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $9.27

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

Gannett Co., Inc. is an international media and marketing solutions company, delivering content and services across an integrated, multi-platform portfolio. The Company’s portfolio of national brands includes USA TODAY and CareerBuilder. The Company’s properties cover a range of geographies, demographics and interest areas. The Company provides consumers with the information they want and connects them to their communities of interest through multiple platforms, including the Internet, mobile, tablet, print publications and television (TV) stations. In January 2011, it acquired Reviewed.com. In August 2011, the Company acquired US PRESSWIRE. In November 2011, it acquired the mixed martial arts Web site, MMAjunkie.com, and purchased a minority stake in ShopCo Holdings, LLC. During the fiscal year ended December 25, 2011 (fiscal 2011), CareerBuilder acquired JobsCentral. In January 2012, the Company acquired Fantasy Sports Ventures (FSV) and Big Lead Sports.

 

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 Baker Hughes Incorporated
Stock ticker BHI
Live stock price [stckqut]BHI[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $74.46
Target stock price (averages with growth) $123.99
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $107.51
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $68.13

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

Baker Hughes Incorporated (Baker Hughes) is engaged in the oilfield services industry. Baker Hughes is a supplier of oilfield services, products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry. It also provides industrial and other products and services to the downstream refining, and the process and pipeline industries. The Company may conduct its operations through subsidiaries, affiliates, ventures and alliances. It operates in more than 80 countries worldwide. The Company operates in five segments. Four of these segments represent its oilfield operations and their geographic organization: North America (U.S. Land, Gulf of Mexico and Canada), Latin America, Europe/Africa/Russia Caspian and Middle East/Asia Pacific. Its Industrial Services and Other segment includes downstream chemicals, process and pipeline services, and the reservoir development services group.

 

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. I would not be surprised that if I analyze this company in 9 months, it would rate as Good.  It was really close to making it.

 

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Company name Alcoa Inc.
Stock ticker AA
Live stock price [stckqut]AA[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $1.05
Target stock price (averages with growth) $1.51
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $2
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $6.09

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

Alcoa Inc. (Alcoa) is engaged in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina combined, through its participation in technology, mining, refining, smelting, fabricating, and recycling. Alcoa’s products are used worldwide in aircraft, automobiles, commercial transportation, packaging, building and construction, oil and gas, defense, consumer electronics, and industrial applications. Alcoa is a global company operating in 31 countries. Alcoa’s operations consist of four worldwide reportable segments: Alumina, Primary Metals, Flat-Rolled Products, and Engineered Products and Solutions. On March 9, 2011, Alcoa completed an acquisition of the aerospace fastener business of TransDigm Group Inc.

 

Confident Investor comments: I realize that this a very popular company but I really do not think it is a good investment or very well run.  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 Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
Stock ticker CMG
Live stock price [stckqut]CMG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $436.04
Target stock price (averages with growth) $610.21
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $430.45
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $445.05

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

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Chipotle) operate restaurants throughout the United States, as well as two restaurants in Toronto, Canada and two in London, England. As of December 31, 2011, Chipotle operated 1,230 restaurants, which includes one ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen. The Company’s restaurants serve a menu of burritos, tacos, burrito bowls (a burrito without the tortilla) and salads. The Company manages its operations and restaurants based on six regions that all report into a single segment. As of December 31, 2011, the Company delivered ingredients and other supplies to its restaurants from 22 independently owned and operated regional distribution centers. Chipotle categorizes its restaurants as either end-caps (at the end of a line of retail outlets), in-lines (in a line of retail outlets), free-standing or other.

 

Confident Investor comments: I understand that at the time of this writing, Chipotle has taken a major reduction in price. This is why I am putting them on my Watch List. The market correction is likely too extreme. At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.

 

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Company name Lakeland Industries, Inc.
Stock ticker LAKE
Live stock price [stckqut]LAKE[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Lakeland Industries, Inc. (Lakeland) manufactures and sells a line of safety garments and accessories for the industrial protective clothing market. The Company’s products are sold to 1,000 safety and mill supply distributors in the United States. These distributors in turn supply end user industrial customers, such as integrated oil, chemical/petrochemical, utilities, automobile, steel, glass, construction, smelting, munition plants, janitorial, pharmaceutical, mortuaries and high technology electronics manufacturers, as well as scientific and medical laboratories. In addition, the Company supplies federal, state and local governmental agencies and departments, such as fire and police departments, airport crash rescue units, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Disease Control.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock. As I have been repeating for the past couple weeks on this site, it is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.