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Company name Royal Gold, Inc (USA)
Stock ticker RGLD
Live stock price [stckqut]RGLD[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Royal Gold, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is engaged in acquiring and managing precious metal streams, royalties and similar interests. The Company operates through two segments: Acquisition and Management of Stream Interests, and Acquisition and Management of Royalty Interests. Its assets are located in Canada, Chile, Dominican Republic, Mexico, the United States, Africa, Australia and Other. As of June 30, 2016, the Company owned stream interests on four producing properties and three development-stage properties. It has investments in stream interests relating to Pueblo Viejo, Andacollo, Wassa and Prestea, and Rainy River. As of June 30, 2016, the Company owned royalty interests on 34 producing properties, 21 development-stage properties and 131 exploration-stage properties, of which it considered 50 to be evaluation-stage projects.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Royal Gold, Inc (USA). It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.
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Company name Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Stock ticker LVS
Live stock price [stckqut]LVS[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $81.02
Target stock price (averages with growth) $63.47
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $28.79
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $40.27

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=lvs
Las Vegas Sands Corp. is a developer of destination properties (integrated resorts) that offers accommodations, gaming, entertainment and retail, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants and other amenities. The Company owns and operates integrated resorts in Asia and the United States. The Company’s principal operating and developmental activities occur in three geographic areas: Macao, Singapore and the United States. In Macao, the Company’s segments are The Venetian Macao, Sands Cotai Central, Four Seasons Macao, Sands Macao and Other Asia (comprises the Company’s ferry operations and various other operations). In Singapore, the Company’s segment is Marina Bay Sands. In the United States, the Company’s segments are The Venetian Las Vegas, which includes the Sands Expo Center and The Palazzo, and Sands Bethlehem. It also offers players club loyalty programs at its properties, which provide access to rewards, privileges and members-only events.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Las Vegas Sands Corp. I am removing Las Vegas Sands from my Watch List.

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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: $52.49
  • Growth: 0.04
  • Current EPS (TTM): $2.05
  • P/E: 26
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.49
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $64.84
  • Target stock price: $40.26

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Company name JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Stock ticker JPM
Live stock price [stckqut]JPM[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $56.06
Target stock price (averages with growth) $45.68
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $26.58
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $56.71

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

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a financial holding company. The Company is engaged in investment banking, financial services. It operates in four segments, as well as a Corporate segment. Its segments are Consumer & Community Banking, Corporate & Investment Bank, Commercial Banking and Asset Management. The Consumer & Community Banking segment serves consumers and businesses through personal service at bank branches and through automatic teller machines, online, mobile and telephone banking. The Corporate & Investment Bank segment, comprising Banking and Markets & Investor Services, offers investment banking, market-making, prime brokerage, and treasury and securities products and services to corporations, investors, financial institutions, and government and municipal entities. The Commercial Banking segment provides financial solutions, including lending, treasury services, investment banking and asset management. The Asset Management segment comprises investment and wealth management.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in JPMorgan Chase & Co. I am removing JPMorgan from my Watch List.

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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: $64.1
  • Growth: 0.07
  • Current EPS (TTM): $5.92
  • P/E: 11
  • Future EPS Calc: $8.3
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $91.33
  • Target stock price: $56.71

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Company name Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Stock ticker HP
Live stock price [stckqut]HP[/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) $55.64
Target stock price (averages with growth) $38.3
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $22.08
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $53.77

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AHP&ei=gbeaV-G7NcX-jAHBxbo4

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. is engaged in contract drilling of oil and gas wells for others. The Company operates in the contract drilling industry. The Company’s contract drilling business consists of three segments: U.S. Land, Offshore and International Land. The Company is also engaged in the ownership, development and operation of commercial real estate and the research and development of rotary steerable technology. Its real estate investments are located within Tulsa, Oklahoma, and include a shopping center containing approximately 441,000 leasable square feet, multi-tenant industrial warehouse properties containing approximately one million leasable square feet and approximately 210 acres of undeveloped real estate. The Company provides drilling rigs, equipment, personnel and camps on a contract basis. The Company’s subsidiaries include Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. and Helmerich & Payne de Venezuela, C.A.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Helmerich & Payne, Inc..

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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: $61.15
  • Growth: 0.07
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.98
  • P/E: 63
  • Future EPS Calc: $1.37
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $86.59
  • Target stock price: $53.76

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Company name Gulfport Energy Corporation
Stock ticker GPOR
Live stock price [stckqut]GPOR[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Gulfport Energy Corporation (Gulfport) is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company focused on the exploration, exploitation, acquisition and production of natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil in the United States. The Company has an oil and natural gas portfolio of proved reserves, as well as development and exploratory drilling opportunities on conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas prospects. The Company’s principal properties are located in the Utica Shale primarily in Eastern Ohio and along the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the West Cote Blanche Bay (WCBB), and Hackberry fields. In addition, the Company has interest in producing properties in the Niobrara Formation of Northwestern Colorado and the Bakken Formation. The Company also holds an acreage position in the Alberta oil sands in Canada through its interest in Grizzly Oil Sands ULC (Grizzly), and interests in an entity that operates in the Phu Horm gas field in Thailand.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Gulfport Energy Corporation. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable. I will be removing Gulfport from my Watch List.
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