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Company name The Procter & Gamble Company
Stock ticker PG
Live stock price [stckqut]PG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $57.89
Target stock price (averages with growth) $68.68
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $63.55
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $88.95

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

The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), is focused on providing consumer packaged goods. The Company’s products are sold in more than 180 countries primarily through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores and high-frequency stores. As of June 30, 2012, P&G was organized into two Global Business Units (GBUs): Beauty and Grooming and Household Care. The GBUs contain a total of five segments: Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric Care and Home Care and Baby Care and Family Care. Sales to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the affiliates represent approximately 14% of the total revenue during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 (fiscal 2012). On December 30, 2011, Helen of Troy Ltd. acquired PUR water purification products business (PUR) from the Company. Effective June 1, 2012, P&G announced that it has completed the sale of the Pringles business to Kellogg Company.

 

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Company name Spartech Corporation
Stock ticker SEH
Live stock price [stckqut]SEH[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $16.06
Target stock price (averages with growth) $12.02
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $6.09
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $10.35

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

Spartech Corporation (Spartech) together with its subsidiaries, is an intermediary processor of engineered thermoplastics, polymeric compounds and concentrates. The Company converts base polymers or resins purchased from commodity suppliers into extruded plastic sheet and rollstock, thermoformed packaging, specialty film laminates, acrylic products, specialty plastic alloys, color concentrates and blended resin compounds. Spartech operates into three segments: Custom Sheet and Rollstock, Packaging Technologies, and Color and Specialty Compounds. Its products are sold to original equipment manufacturers and other customers in a range of end markets.

 

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Company name RadioShack Corporation
Stock ticker RSH
Live stock price [stckqut]RSH[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Manufactures, sells, and services electronic equipment on an international basis. Products range from personal computers and cellular phones to hi-fi speakers and batteries. The distribution is handled in Radio Shack stores as well as Videoconcepts and McDuff’s.
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Company name Unilever plc (ADR)
Stock ticker UL
Live stock price [stckqut]UL[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $34.12
Target stock price (averages with growth) $41.81
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $41.69
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $30.57

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

Unilever PLC (PLC), is a supplier of fast moving consumer goods. The two parent companies, Unilever N.V. (NV) and PLC, together with their group companies, operate as Unilever Group (Unilever). Its products are grouped into four principal areas: Personal Care, Home Care, Foods and Refreshment. It operates in three regions: Asia, Africa and Central and Eastern Europe, the Americas and Western Europe. In June 2011, Colgate-Palmolive Company purchased Sanex personal care brand from Unilever PLC. On 1 December 2011, it sold Culver Specialty Brands division to B&G Foods, Inc. On December 6, 2011, it completed acquisition of 82% of the outstanding shares of Concern Kalina. On December 20, 2011, it acquired Ingman Ice Cream. On January 27, 2011, it purchased EVGA’s ice cream brands and distribution network in Greece. On May 10, 2011, it acquired Alberto Culver, Inc. In August 2012, ConAgra Foods Inc acquired Bertolli and P.F. Chang’s Home Menu frozen meals businesses from PLC.

 

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Company name E TRADE Financial Corporation
Stock ticker ETFC
Live stock price [stckqut]ETFC[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (E*TRADE) is a financial services company, which provides online brokerage and related products and services primarily to individual retail investors under the brand E*TRADE Financial. The Company also provides investor-focused banking products, primarily sweep deposits and savings products, to retail investors. E*TRADE operates in two segments: trading and investing and balance sheet management. Trading and investing includes retail brokerage products and services; investor-focused banking products; market making, and corporate services. Balance sheet management includes the management of asset allocation and credit, liquidity and interest rate risk; loans previously originated or purchased from third parties, and customer cash and deposits. The Company’s subsidiaries include E*TRADE Bank, E*TRADE Securities LLC, E*TRADE Clearing LLC and E*TRADE Capital Markets, LLC.
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