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I am currently going through my Watch List to ensure that each company still deserves to be on the list. Because of the number of companies on my list, I am going to try to knock out 2 per weekday.

Company name BlackRock, Inc.
Stock ticker BLK
Live stock price [stckqut]BLK[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $398.6
Target stock price (averages with growth) $562
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $499.42
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $396.25

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

BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock) is an investment management firm. The Company provides a range of investment and risks management services. The Company’s clients include retail, high net worth (HNW) and institutional investors, consists of pension funds, official institutions, endowments, insurance companies, corporations, financial institutions, central banks and sovereign wealth funds. The Company’s platform enables the Company to offer active (alpha) investments with index (beta) products and risk management to develop tailored solutions for clients. Its product range includes single- and multi-asset class portfolios investing in equities, fixed income, alternatives and/or money market instruments. In October 2013, BlackRock Inc acquired Macquarie Global Property Advisors Ltd. In January 2014, Forge Group Limited announced that BlackRock Inc. and subsidiaries had ceased to be the substantial holder of Forge Group Limited.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in BlackRock, 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: $303.89

Growth: 0.16

Current EPS (TTM): $16.88

P/E: 18

Future EPS Calc: $35.45

Future Stock Price Calc: $638.16

Target stock price: $396.25

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I am currently going through my Watch List to ensure that each company still deserves to be on the list. Because of the number of companies on my list, I am going to try to knock out 2 per weekday.

Company name Ascena Retail Group Inc
Stock ticker ASNA
Live stock price [stckqut]ASNA[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $14.08
Target stock price (averages with growth) $19.53
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $17.12
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $17.86

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

Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (Ascena) is a national specialty retailer of apparel for women and teen girls operating, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the Justice; Lane Bryant; maurices; dressbarn; and Catherines. As of July 28, 2013, the Company operated over 3,900 stores throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. Ascena operates under five brands: dressbarn, maurices, Catherines, Lane Bryant and Justice. In October 2013, Ascena Retail Group Inc closed the sale of Fig’s, food gift retailer, to Mason Companies, Inc.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Ascena Retail Group Inc as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. I am removing Ascena from my Watch List as I feel that I have plenty of better performing retail companies.

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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: $16.75

Growth: 0.12

Current EPS (TTM): $0.96

P/E: 17

Future EPS Calc: $1.69

Future Stock Price Calc: $28.76

Target stock price: $17.85

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I am currently going through my Watch List to ensure that each company still deserves to be on the list. Because of the number of companies on my list, I am going to try to knock out 2 per weekday.

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

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Good
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $83.55
Target stock price (averages with growth) $97.67
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $63.3
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $78.96

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

Balchem Corporation is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical and medical sterilization industries. The Company operates in three segments: Specialty Products, Food, Pharma & Nutrition and Animal Nutrition & Health. The Food, Pharma & Nutrition (FPN) segment provides microencapsulation solutions to a variety of applications in food, pharmaceutical and nutritional ingredients. The Company’s Specialty Products segment operates in industry as ARC Specialty Products. Ethylene oxide, at the 100% level, is sold as a sterilant gas, primarily for use in the health care industry. The Company’s Animal Nutrition & Health segment provides the animal nutrition and health markets with products derived from the Company’s microencapsulation, chelation, and basic choline chloride technologies.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Balchem Corporation.

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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: $59.2

Growth: 0.17

Current EPS (TTM): $1.45

P/E: 40

Future EPS Calc: $3.17

Future Stock Price Calc: $127.16

Target stock price: $78.95

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I am currently going through my Watch List to ensure that each company still deserves to be on the list. Because of the number of companies on my list, I am going to try to knock out 2 per weekday.

Company name Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.
Stock ticker APL
Live stock price [stckqut]APL[/stckqut]
Confident Investor Rating Poor

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

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. is a provider of natural gas gathering and processing services in the Anadarko and Permian Basins located in the southwestern and mid-continent regions of the United States; a provider of natural gas gathering services in the Appalachian Basin in the northeastern region of the United States and a provider of natural gas liquid (NGL) transportation services in the southwestern region of the United States. Its general partner, Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC (Atlas Pipeline GP), manages its operations and activities through its ownership of its general partner interest. Atlas Pipeline GP is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Energy, L.P, as well as the 2% general partner interest. In May 2013, Atlas Pipeline Partners LP acquired the entire share capital of TEAK Midstream LLC from NGP Energy Capital Management LLC.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. 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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I am currently going through my Watch List to ensure that each company still deserves to be on the list. Because of the number of companies on my list, I am going to try to knock out 2 per weekday.

Company name Apache Corporation
Stock ticker APA
Live stock price [stckqut]APA[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

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

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Fair
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $129.9
Target stock price (averages with growth) $110.61
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $67.51
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $96.37

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, 2011, 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, 2011, it participated in drilling 1,087 gross wells, with 1,005 completed as producers. As of December 31, 2011, in addition to its completed wells, several wells had not reached completion: 39 in the United States (28.44 net); 50 in Canada (42.69 net); 23 in Egypt (21.75 net); six in the North Sea (4.91 net); one in Australia (0.33 net), and three in Argentina (3.00 net). In March 2014, the Company sold of its Argentina operations and properties to YPF Sociedad Anonima.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Apache Corporation as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. Even though Apache is only a fair company, I am going to keep the company on 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: $84.16

Growth: 0.13

Current EPS (TTM): $5.47

P/E: 15.4

Future EPS Calc: $10.07

Future Stock Price Calc: $155.2

Target stock price: $96.36

I hope that this makes you a better investor. [/s2If]