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Company name Urban Outfitters, Inc.
Stock ticker URBN
Live stock price [stckqut]URBN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $36.77
Target stock price (averages with growth) $50.66
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $40.89
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $38.96

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

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (Urban Outfitters) is a lifestyle specialty retail company, which operates under the Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain and BHLDN brands. The Company also operates a wholesale segment under the Free People brand. In addition to its retail stores, it offers its products and markets its brands directly to the consumer through its e-commerce Websites, www.urbanoutfitters.com, www.anthropologie.com,www.freepeople.com, www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk,www.urbanoutfitters.de, www.urbanoutfitters.fr, www.anthropologie.eu, www.shopterrain.com and www.bhldn.com and also through its Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People catalogs. Its Urban Outfitters stores, Websites and catalogs offer a range of eclectic merchandise, including women’s and men’s fashion apparel, footwear and accessories and an eclectic mix of apartment wares and gifts.

 

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 have removed this stock from my Watch List.

 

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Company name Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR)
Stock ticker PBR
Live stock price [stckqut]PBR[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $12.8
Target stock price (averages with growth) $14.35
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $15.82
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $12.98

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

Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras (Petrobras) is a Brazil-based integrated oil and gas company. The Company divides its activities into six segments: Exploration and Production; Provision; Gas and Energy; Biofuel; Distribution, and International. Directly or through its subsidiaries, Petrobras is engaged in the research, extraction, refining, processing, trade and transport of oil from wells, shale and other rocks, its derivatives, natural gas and other liquid hydrocarbons, as well as in activities related to energy, development, production, transport, distribution and commercialization of energy. The Company is active in Brazil and in 24 countries abroad, with projects situated on five continents. As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned 132 concession contracts for 194 exploration blocks and had a number of subsidiaries, including Petrobras Quimica SA, Petrobras Distribuidora SA, Braspetro Oil Services Company, Braspetro Oil Company, among others.

 

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 am removing this company from my Watch List.

 

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Company name Life Partners Holdings, Inc.
Stock ticker LPHI
Live stock price [stckqut]LPHI[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (Life Partners) is a specialty financial services company and the parent company of Life Partners, Inc. (LPI). LPI is engaged in the secondary market for life insurance known as life settlements. LPI facilitates the sale of life settlements between sellers and purchasers, but does not take possession or control of the policies. The purchasers acquire the life insurance policies at a discount to their face value for investment purposes. The Company’s operating revenues are derived from fees for facilitating life settlement transactions. Life settlement transactions involve the sale of an existing life insurance policy to another party. By selling the policy, the policyholder receives an immediate cash payment. The purchaser takes an ownership interest in the policy at a discount to its face value and receives the death benefit under the policy when the insured dies.
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. I am removing this company from my Watch List.

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Company name Image Sensing Systems, Inc.
Stock ticker ISNS
Live stock price [stckqut]ISNS[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. develops and markets video and radar image processing products for use in traffic, security, police and parking applications, such as intersection control, highway, bridge and tunnel traffic management, venue security, entry control, license plate recognition and traffic data collection. The Company is a provider of software-based computer enabled detection (CED) products and solutions for the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) industry and adjacent security and law enforcement markets. The Company’s family of products, which the Company markets as Autoscope, RTMS and CitySync , provides ends users with the tools needed to optimize traffic flow, enhance driver safety, regulate air quality and address security/surveillance concerns. The Company’s technology analyzes signals from sensors and transmits the information to management systems and controllers or directly to users. AutoscopeDuo is the Company’s hybrid product.

Confident Investor comments: ISNS has started to struggle since they first appeared on my this site. 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.  I have removed them from my Watch List.

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Company name salesforce.com, inc.
Stock ticker CRM
Live stock price [stckqut]CRM[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Salesforce.com, inc. is a provider of enterprise cloud computing and social enterprise solutions. The Company provides a customer and collaboration relationship management (CRM), applications through the Internet or cloud. Cloud computing refers to the use of Internet-based computing, storage and connectivity technology to deliver a variety of different services. The Company delivers its service through Internet browsers and mobile devices. It markets its social enterprise applications and platforms to businesses on a subscription basis, primarily through its direct sales efforts and indirectly through partners. In January 2011, it acquired Heroku, Inc. and DimDim, Inc. In May 2011, the Company acquired Radian6 Technologies Inc. In September 2011, the Company acquired Assistly. In August 2012, the Company acquired Buddy Media.
Confident Investor comments: I am removing Salesforce from my Watch List. They were not profitable in their last earnings period.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.