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Company name Republic Airways Holdings Inc.
Stock ticker RJET
Live stock price [stckqut]RJET[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Republic Airways Holdings Inc. is a holding company. The Company offers scheduled passenger services through its wholly-owned operating air carrier subsidiaries: Chautauqua Airlines, Inc. (Chautauqua), Shuttle America Corporation (Shuttle), Republic Airline Inc. (Republic Airline) and Frontier Airlines, Inc. (Frontier). As of December 31, 2011, its operating subsidiaries offered scheduled passenger service on 1,483 flights daily to 132 cities in 42 states, Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica under Frontier operations as Frontier and through fixed-fee code-share agreements with AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, Inc. (American), Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta), United Air Lines, Inc. (United), and US Airways, Inc. (US Airways). The Company took delivery of eight A320 aircraft, two E190 aircraft, placed into service three A319 aircraft, sold five A318 aircraft, four of which have remained in the fleet under sale leaseback agreements.
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Company name Paychex, Inc.
Stock ticker PAYX
Live stock price [stckqut]PAYX[/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) $25.45
Target stock price (averages with growth) $31.33
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $29.72
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $29.51

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

Paychex, Inc. is a provider of payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. As of May 31, 2012, the Company serviced approximately 567,000 clients, including approximately 2,000 clients through four offices in Germany. The Company offers a portfolio of services and products that allows its clients to meet their diverse payroll and human resource needs. These include payroll processing; payroll tax administration services; employee payment services; regulatory compliance services (new-hire reporting and garnishment processing); Paychex HR Solutions; retirement services administration; insurance services; eServices, and other human resource services and products. In January 2012, the Company acquired Icon Time Systems, Inc. In December 2012, the Company acquired ExpenseWire from Rearden Commerce Inc.

 

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Company name Mercury General Corporation
Stock ticker MCY
Live stock price [stckqut]MCY[/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) $21.05
Target stock price (averages with growth) $21.04
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $19.58
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $26.06

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

Mercury General Corporation (Mercury General) is an insurance holding company. The Company is a parent of Mercury Casualty Company (MCC), which is an automobile insurer. Including MCC, Mercury General has 21 subsidiaries. Mercury General, along with its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in writing personal automobile insurance through 13 insurance subsidiaries (the Insurance Companies) in a number of states, principally California. The Company also writes homeowners, commercial automobile and property, mechanical breakdown, fire, and umbrella insurance. The Company offers collision, property damage liability, bodily injury (BI) liability, comprehensive, personal injury protection (PIP), underinsured and uninsured motorist, and other hazards to the automobile policyholders. The Company has reinsurance through the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Trust Fund (FHCF).

 

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Company name J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
Stock ticker JCP
Live stock price [stckqut]JCP[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (jcpenney), is a holding company. The Company is a retailer, operating 1,102 department stores in 49 states and Puerto Rico as of January 28, 2012. Its business consists of selling merchandise and services to consumers through its department stores and through its Internet Website at jcp.com. It sells family apparel and footwear, accessories, fine and fashion jewelry, beauty products through Sephora inside jcpenney and home furnishings. As of January 28, 2012, its supply chain network operated 27 facilities at 18 locations, of which nine were owned, with multiple types of distribution activities housed in certain owned locations. Its operating subsidiary is J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. In November 2011, it completed acquired the worldwide rights for the Liz Claiborne family of trademarks and related intellectual property, as well as the United States and Puerto Rico rights for the Monet trademarks and related intellectual property.
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Company name The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Stock ticker MHP
Live stock price [stckqut]MHP[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $32.04
Target stock price (averages with growth) $44.91
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $41.87
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $35.84

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

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. is a global information services provider serving the financial, education, commercial and commodities markets. The Company serves its customers through a range of products, services and distribution channels, including digital data and information, integrated digital platforms, online via Internet Websites, as well as with printed books, magazines and newsletters, and conferences and trade shows. Its segments include S&P Ratings, S&P Capital IQ/S&P Indices, Commodities & Commercial (C&C) and McGraw-Hill Education (MHE). In July 2011, the Company acquired Steel Business Briefing Group. In February 2012, the Company’s S&P Capital IQ acquired R2 Financial Technologies. On July 2, 2012, S&P Capital IQ, a business line of the Company acquired London-based Credit Market Analysis Limited (CMA) from CME Group Inc. In August 2012, MHE acquired Key Curriculum. In November 2012, Platts, a division of the Company, completed its acquisition of Kingsman SA.

 

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