Company name Avis Budget Group Inc.
Stock ticker CAR
Live stock price [stckqut]CAR[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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.

Company name ITT Corporation
Stock ticker ITT
Live stock price [stckqut]ITT[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $28.7
Target stock price (averages with growth) $39.72
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $41.45
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $38.72

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

Company name Southwest Airlines Co.
Stock ticker LUV
Live stock price [stckqut]LUV[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $7.15
Target stock price (averages with growth) $8.25
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $8.38
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $8.72

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock. Not only are nearly all of the metrics bad for this company, but their decision to purchase another airline violates my principle of investing in companies that make a major acquisition or divestiture. Major acquisitions can be good in the long term but too often in the short term the process diverts the attention of executive management. This is likely to be the case for Southwest as they have not made that many acquisitions in the past. I don’t say this too much on this site but I suggest that you sell this stock if you currently own it.

Company name Johnson & Johnson
Stock ticker JNJ
Live stock price [stckqut]JNJ[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Fair
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $43.65
Target stock price (averages with growth) $54.24
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $56.11
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $48.26

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

Company name U.S. Bancorp
Stock ticker USB
Live stock price [stckqut]USB[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Fair
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Good
P/E growth Poor
EBIT growth Poor
ANALYSIS
Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $16.44
Target stock price (averages with growth) $18.01
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $16.98
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $15.75

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