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Company name Precision Drilling Corp (USA)
Stock ticker PDS
Live stock price [stckqut]PDS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $19.1
Target stock price (averages with growth) $21.17
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $9.68
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $0.2

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

Precision Drilling Corporation (Precision) is a provider of contract drilling and completion and production services primarily to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in Canada and the United States. The Company operates in two segments: Contract Drilling Services, and Completion and Production Services. In Canada, the Contract Drilling Services segment includes land drilling services, directional drilling services, procurement and distribution of oilfield supplies and the manufacture and refurbishment of drilling and service rig equipment, and the Completion and Production Services segment includes service rigs for well completion and workover services, snubbing services, camp and catering services, wastewater treatment services and the rental of oilfield surface equipment, tubulars, well control equipment and wellsite accommodations.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Precision Drilling Corp (USA).

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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: $9.32

Growth: 0.1

Current EPS (TTM): $0.01

P/E: 20

Future EPS Calc: $0.01

Future Stock Price Calc: $0.32

Target stock price: $0.2

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Company name Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.
Stock ticker TAST
Live stock price [stckqut]TAST[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (Carrols Restaurant Group) is a holding company and conducts all of its operations through its direct and indirect subsidiaries. The Company is a restaurant company in the United States operating three restaurant brands in the quick-casual and quick-service restaurant segments with 547 restaurants located in 17 states as of January 1, 2012. Through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Fiesta Restaurant Group., the Company owns and operates two restaurant brands, Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana. The Company is also a Burger King franchisee, based on the number of restaurants. As of January 1, 2012, its company owned restaurants included 91 Pollo Tropical restaurants and 158 Taco Cabana restaurants, and it owned and operated 298 Burger King restaurants under franchise agreements. In May 2012, the Company acquired 278 BURGER KING restaurants from Burger King Corporation.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.
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Company name Arkansas Best Corporation
Stock ticker ABFS
Live stock price [stckqut]ABFS[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Arkansas Best Corporation is a provider of freight transportation services and solutions. The Company operates in five segments: Freight Transportation, Premium Logistics and Expedited Freight Services, Truck Brokerage and Management, Emergency and Preventative Maintenance and Household Goods Moving Services. The Company’s principal operations are conducted through its Freight Transportation operating segment, which consists of ABF Freight System, Inc. and certain other subsidiaries of the Company (ABF). As of December 31, 2012, ABF operated out of 277 terminal facilities, 10 of which also serve as distribution centers. On June 15, 2012, the Company acquired Panther Expedited Services, Inc. (Panther).

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

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Company name Stone Energy Corporation
Stock ticker SGY
Live stock price [stckqut]SGY[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $16.17
Target stock price (averages with growth) $15.3
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $15.12
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $21.01

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

Stone Energy Corporation (Stone Energy) is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation, development and operation of oil and gas properties. The Company is operating in the Gulf Coast Basin. As of December 31, 2012, its estimated proved oil and natural gas reserves were approximately 773 billions of cubic feet equivalents (Bcfe). On June 18, 2012, the Company completed the acquisition of a 25% working interest in the five block deep water Pompano field in Mississippi Canyon, an approximate 14% working interest in Mississippi Canyon Block 29 and a 10% working interest in certain aliquots of Mississippi Canyon Block 72. As of February 21, 2013, its property portfolio consisted of 65 active properties and 129 primary term leases in the Gulf Coast Basin (onshore and offshore), five active properties in the Appalachia region, three active properties in the Rocky Mountain region and one active property in the Eagle Ford Shale formation.

 

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

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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: $34.28

Growth: 0.01

Current EPS (TTM): $3.22

P/E: 10

Future EPS Calc: $3.38

Future Stock Price Calc: $33.84

Target stock price: $21.01

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Company name Quality Distribution, Inc.
Stock ticker QLTY
Live stock price [stckqut]QLTY[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Quality Distribution, Inc. operates a chemical bulk tank truck network in North America through its wholly owned subsidiary, Quality Carriers, Inc. (QCI) is a provider of International Organization for Standardization (intermodal ISO) tank container and depot services in North America through its wholly owned subsidiary, Boasso America Corporation (Boasso), which also includes Greensville Transport Company (Greensville). It operates in three segments: Chemical Logistics, Energy Logistics and Intermodal. Chemical Logistics consists of the transportation of bulk chemicals primarily through its network of 29 independent affiliates, and equipment rental income. Intermodal consists of Boasso and Greensville’s intermodal ISO tank container transportation and depot services supporting the international movement of bulk liquids. In August 2012, its wholly owned subsidiaries purchased the operating assets of Dunn’s Tank Service, Inc. and the operating assets and rights of Nassau Disposal, Inc.

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

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