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Company name Baytex Energy Corp (USA)
Stock ticker BTE
Live stock price [stckqut]BTE[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Baytex Energy Corp. is a Canada-based holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the Company is engaged in the business of acquiring, developing, exploiting and holding interests in petroleum and natural gas properties and related assets in Canada (primarily in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan) and in the United States (primarily in the states of North Dakota and Wyoming). The Company’s crude oil and natural gas operations are organized into three business units: Saskatchewan, Alberta/B.C. and the United States. The Saskatchewan Business Unit’s heavy oil operations include primary and thermal production. The Alberta/B.C. Business Unit produces light and heavy gravity crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids from various fields in northern, southeast and central Alberta and northeast British Columbia. The United States Business Unit focused its activities on the light oil resource play located in Divide and Williams Counties of North Dakota.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Baytex Energy Corp (USA). It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable. I am removing the company from my Watch List.
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Company name Apache Corporation
Stock ticker APA
Live stock price [stckqut]APA[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Apache Corporation (Apache) is an independent energy company, which explores for, develops, and produces natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. As of December 31, 2013, Apache had exploration and production interests in six countries: the United States, Canada, Egypt, Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea, and Argentina. During the year ended December 31, 2013, it participated in drilling 1,591 gross wells, with 1,520 (96%) completed as producers. As of December 31, 2013, in addition to its completed wells, several wells had not reached completion: 160 in the United States (115.4 net); 17 in Egypt (17.0 net); and two in Argentina (0.3 net). The Company’s operations in United States and Canada are constituted under its North America business, while its International business constitutes its operations in Egypt, Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea, and Argentina.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Apache Corporation. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable. I am removing Apache Corporation from my Watch List.
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Company name Agilent Technologies Inc
Stock ticker A
Live stock price [stckqut]A[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $57.27
Target stock price (averages with growth) $53.01
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $24.92
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $44.02

The following company description is from Google Finance: https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AA&sq=a&sp=2&ei=KFbiVME-06SxB-mxgNAJ

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Agilent) is engaged in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemicals. The Company provides laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications and expertise. The Company focuses on six key markets, food, environmental and forensics, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, chemical and energy, and research. The Company has two business segments: chemical analysis business and life sciences business. Agilent’s chemical analysis business focuses on the petrochemical, environmental, forensics and food safety industries. Its life sciences business focuses on the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic and Government, bio-agriculture and food safety industries. In addition to its three businesses, it conducts research through Agilent Technologies Laboratories (Agilent Labs).

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Agilent Technologies Inc. I am removing the company from my Watch List.

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How was this analysis of Agilent Technologies Inc calculated?

For owners of my book, “The Confident Investor” I offer the following analysis (you must be logged in to this site as a book owner in order to see the following analysis). If you have registered and cannot see the balance of this article, make sure you are logged in and refresh your browser.
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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: $40.15
  • Growth: 0.12
  • Current EPS (TTM): $1.49
  • P/E: 27
  • Future EPS Calc: $2.62
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $70.89
  • Target stock price: $44.02

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

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

RadiSys Corporation (RadiSys) is a provider of embedded wireless infrastructure solutions for telecom, aerospace, defense and public safety applications. The Company also provides Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA), Internet Protocol (IP) Media Server, Computer-on-Module (COM) Express, Rackmount Server platforms and Trillium software coupled with professional services. Its solutions are used in a variety of Third generation (3G) & fourth generation (4G) / Long-Term Evolution (LTE) mobile network applications including: Radio Access Networks (RAN) solutions from femtocells to picocells and macrocells, wireless core network applications, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and policy management, conferencing and media services including voice, video and data, as well as customized mobile network applications that support the aerospace, defense and public safety markets. On July 8, 2011, the Company acquired Continuous Computing Corporation.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in RadiSys Corporation. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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Company name Newmont Mining Corp
Stock ticker NEM
Live stock price [stckqut]NEM[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Newmont Mining Corporation is primarily a gold producer with operations and/or assets in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, New Zealand and Mexico. As of December 31, 2012, Newmont had attributable and probable gold reserves of 99.2 million ounces and an aggregate land position of approximately 29,000 square miles (75,000 square kilometers). Newmont is also engaged in the production of copper, principally through Batu Hijau in Indonesia and Boddington in Australia. Its operating segments include North America, South America, Asia Pacific and Africa. In February 2014, Klondex Mines Ltd closed the acquisition of the Midas mine and related ore milling facility located in the State of Nevada from a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corp. In May 2014, the Company sold its 5.4% holding in Paladin. In July 2014, Northern Star Resources Limited completed the acquisition of the Jundee Gold Mine from Newmont Mining Corporation.

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Newmont Mining Corp. It is not possible to confidently invest in a company that is not currently profitable.

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