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Company name Citigroup Inc
Stock ticker C
Live stock price [stckqut]C[/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) $-0.01
Target stock price (averages with growth) $0.05
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $0.4
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $42.33

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

Citigroup Inc. is a global diversified financial services holding company whose businesses provide consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services. It operates in two segments: Citicorp, consisting of Citigroup’s Global Consumer Banking businesses and Institutional Clients Group, and Citi Holdings, consisting of Brokerage and Asset Management, Local Consumer Lending and Special Asset Pool. Global Consumer Banking (which included retail banking and Citi-branded cards in four regions-North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia) and Institutional Clients Group (which included Securities and Banking and Transaction Services). In February 2012, it sold its 9.85% interest in Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. In May 2012, it sold 10.1% interest in Akbank T.A.S. In September 2012, the Company sold EMI Group’s recorded music division, EMI Music, to Vivendi and subsidiary, Universal Music Group.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock. I realize this is a very popular stock but I do not think that investors are well served by putting their money into this company’s stock.

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Company name Linn Energy LLC
Stock ticker LINE
Live stock price [stckqut]LINE[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ALINE&sq=line&sp=3&ei=8IdPUYiRMYPq0gHKDQ

Linn Energy, LLC (LINN Energy) is an independent oil and natural gas company. The Company’s properties are located in the United States, primarily in the Mid-Continent, the Permian Basin, Michigan, California and the Williston Basin. Mid-Continent Deep includes the Texas Panhandle Deep Granite Wash formation and deep formations in Oklahoma and Kansas. Mid-Continent Shallow includes the Texas Panhandle Brown Dolomite formation and shallow formations in Oklahoma, Louisiana and Illinois. Permian Basin includes areas in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. Michigan includes the Antrim Shale formation in the northern part of the state. California includes the Brea Olinda Field of the Los Angeles Basin. Williston Basin includes the Bakken formation in North Dakota. On December 15, 2011, the Company acquired certain oil and natural gas properties located primarily in the Granite Wash of Texas and Oklahoma from Plains Exploration & Production Company (Plains).

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 Jack in the Box Inc.
Stock ticker JACK
Live stock price [stckqut]JACK[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

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) $25.63
Target stock price (averages with growth) $33.53
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $28.84
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $32.1

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

Jack in the Box Inc. operates and franchises more than 2,800 Jack in the Box quick-service restaurants (QSR) and Qdoba Mexican Grill fast-casual restaurants. Jack in the Box is a hamburger chain. As of September 30, 2012, the Jack in the Box system included 2,250 restaurants in 21 states, of which 547 were company-operated and 1,703 were franchise-operated. The Company’s Qdoba Restaurant Corporation is an operator and franchisor of Qdoba Mexican Grill. As of September 30, 2012, the Qdoba system included 627 restaurants in 42 states, as well as the District of Columbia, of which 316 were company-operated and 311 were franchise-operated. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012 (fiscal 2012), it re-franchised 97 Jack in the Box restaurants, while Jack in the Box franchisees opened a total of 18 restaurants. During fiscal 2012, it acquired 46 Qdoba franchised restaurants and Qdoba franchisees opened a total of 32 restaurants.

 

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 Cogent Communications Group, Inc.
Stock ticker CCOI
Live stock price [stckqut]CCOI[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=ccoi
Cogent Communications Group, Inc. is a facilities-based provider of Internet access and Internet Protocol (IP), communications services. The Company’s network is specifically designed and optimized to transmit data using IP. The Company delivers its services primarily to small and medium-sized businesses, communications service providers and other bandwidth-intensive organizations in North America and Europe. The Company offers on-net services in over 175 metropolitan markets. The Company serves over 1,740 on-net buildings of which more than 1,470 are located in North America with the remainder located in Europe and one located in Japan Its on-net service in North America is its Fast Ethernet service, which provides Internet access at 100 megabits per second. It also offers Internet access services at higher speeds of up to ten Gigabits per second. These services are generally used by customers that have businesses, such as Web hosting, that are Internet-based.
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 Advance Auto Parts, Inc.
Stock ticker AAP
Live stock price [stckqut]AAP[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $74.48
Target stock price (averages with growth) $89.57
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $75.82
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $74.81

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

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (Advance) is a specialty retailer of automotive aftermarket parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items primarily operating within the United States. The Company operates in two segments: Advance Auto Parts (AAP), and Autopart International (AI). Its stores carry an extensive product line for cars, vans, sport utility vehicles and light trucks. The Company serves both do-it-yourself (DIY), and do-it-for-me (Commercial), customers. Its Commercial customers consist primarily of delivery customers for whom the Company delivers product from its store locations to it Commercial customers’ places of business, including independent garages, service stations and auto dealers. In December 2012, the Company acquired B.W.P. Distributors, Inc.

 

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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